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Still in the late 1950's, I shot this on a self imposed assignment of downtown Detroit's back alleys. It was still relatively safe in those days, particularly in daylight. I was some distance away when I shot this, and using a long telephoto lens. That's why the pick-up truck bed is so compressed. It was obvious he was looking after the truck contents and never moved from that position.I just meandered on to another alley. He reminds me of someone out of "Gangs of New York" or some Mafia movie, though this was taken decades before those movies were produced.