Grafton People

As you surely have already guessed, Grafton Street is my favorite place in Dublin when I have nothing to do and I want to have a nice time. First time I was there I thought “I want to live here!”. Later on I agreed that it is far more important to live near your work place and save time ten times a week.

Well, the reason why I love this street –more than anywhere else in Dublin– is its people, the musicians and other street performers who I’m calling Graton People. They are also the reason why I took so many pictures this weekend, because they are –nearly– the only people who don’t run I away when I aim to them

Among the tons of pictures I took this weekend, here it is the one I said I’d take, with this statue stoneman and his e-mail clearly readable on his bucket:

Stone Statueman in action on Grafton Street

I know it’s not fair, but have to say I took quite a few pictures of him this weekend, most of which are now are at John Gunn Camera Shop. Hence, I have to ask everybody –again– to bear with me.

In the meantime, I want to ask you all street performers, including musicians: why? Really, why do you do this? I know you all get some money from this –because my sister also does– but I wonder what is your actual motivation to do this. I’m sure each and every artist has his/her own reason to do this, I’m just curious.

Said that, I have to confess that yesterday I though that, perhaps, I could join you. Just posing frozen with my camera stick to my face, as if I were shooting someone else, because when I take my time to take a picture some people stop to look at me, as if I were a statue