Louis Mendes is a legend of the streets of New York. He makes street portraits since a long time ago. He used to use Peel Apart film but since Fuji stopped the production, he is now using Instax.
In 2019 I was in a terrible moment in my life. I do not enjoy being on camera. I crossed him a lot of times and never decided to ask him for a portrait. That time, I did. And here is he signing it.
This was taken with the phone I used at that time, an iPhone 11 Pro Max.
This website started in 2001, but since 2008 I've been publishing in this area one or more photos from my archive every day.