William 2

July 14, 2012 By Tim Ruane 2 Comments

I have happened into two gentlemen at the Washington D.C. USA Japanese American WW II memorial the last couple of times I have walked past the memorial on my way to what are usually pretty weird films at the National Gallery of Art. The memorial, perhaps ironically, is about a block or so south of the U.S. Capitol, where, I might add, albeit cynically, that politicians refer to themselves as Honorable So-and-So and Honorable Such-and-Such and so on. The gentleman who I picture here introduced himself to me as William.
William was happy to let me photograph him, and he was even happier when I showed him my favorite shot. As I stood near William, I judge that he had not bathed, I’d say, in two weeks, maybe more. I asked William if he had an email address, and he said no. He also said he had to go get some lunch.

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About Tim Ruane

Tim Ruane is an artist and writer. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he studied English and art, and has worked as a chief copy editor in the editorial department of The Washington Post, where he has also worked as a freelance photographer. He has written hundreds of poems, two novels a number of short stories. His photographs have been published by The Washington Post, Simon & Schuster and The Good Men Project. He has shown his photographs at Potomac MD Public Library and is scheduled to be published in ShareArt LA, Circumfleks Magazine and Splinter Literary Journal. He will have an exhibition of his photographs in September at the offices of Prudential FedRealty in Washington D.C. Mr. Ruane lives and works in Garrett Park MD, just outside Washington D.C. USA.