April 6, 2008 8:05 pm
Fauxtograph: The Dude A-Strides
Posted by Will under neighborhood, people
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Sitting in the parking lot next to Tacos Delta this afternoon, I spied the iconic Silver Lake Walking Dude across the street on Sunset. Whenever I see him he’s either reading a newspaper or talking on his cellphone.
Instead of the straight pixels I snapped I decided to put the digitally zoomed image through a random series of Photoshop filtrations and here’s the end result (click to triplify):
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April 7th, 2008 at 2:33 am
It’s Dr. Marc Abrams, of all people! The Militant spotted him on the Venice Beach boardwalk last summer. Looks like he’s got some new shorts for Spring.
April 7th, 2008 at 4:35 am
Indeed, MA. I even know where he lives. Having been a bit of a walking dude myself back during a stretch in 2006, I was once up strolling the northwestern heights area of the Silver Lake Reservoir and saw him come out of a house on Moreno.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
But he may or may not live at that house…maybe the doctor was just making a house call!
April 7th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
MA, you may or may not have been reading my mind!