Scruffy Intellectual - Street Photography

Okay, you got me. This image wasn't taken in the street, but it's a candid shot nonetheless.

This man was working / volunteering in a museum in Adelaide, giving directions to a couple of younger men.

He was such an interesting character. After I took this image he gave me such a filthy, almost exasperated look, I left fairly quickly.

He came across as a scruffy, intellectual type...you know, like a popular teacher you might have had at school, who only pretends to be grumpy but actually is a sweet, even if slightly cantankerous gentleman.

With his short sleeves, pen in his pocket, surrounded by the smell of dusty books, peering over his glasses...he would be a great character in a novel. 

One day I might write that novel.

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