Meet Don. As I left my villa (some call it a small one bedroom apartment-pftttt!) the other morning, he was standing just outside my front door, paintbrush in hand. He was up early priming the trim on my adobe readying it for some new life. I stopped in my tracks and knew instantly I couldn’t let his face go so I rushed right back in and grabbed my camera.

After we chatted a bit I shot a couple portraits. Then we shook hands and I left to run errands. He became a new face in my ongoing personal assignment, Old Men I Know.