Didn’t ask for his name. Or how long he’d been selling books. — The bookseller of Oud Amsteldam. — What’s your story? Do the books sell? Why books? Have you read any of them? Can you pay rent? Do you need to make a sale? What keeps you going? Are you tired? Do you own another set of clothes? Is there anyone you go home to? Am I annoying you? — I asked none of that. — “Can I take your portrait?” I said. He saw my camera and said, “Yes.”
