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February 21, 2008 - trust

This photo, of shoes and bag under a bench in downtown Greenville, represents trust to me.  This photo was taken by Denton Harryman and posted at GreenvilleDailyPhoto.com on 2/21/2008.
I wonder what the story is behind this photo. I can share the details behind when I took the photo and where … But why that is what I don’t know … Why were these personal belonging left under a bench on Main Street … However, to me the photo says trust … What does it say to you?

jazzy said,

February 21, 2008 @ 4:35 am

that’s brave to leave everything out in the open.
maybe someone left things and went for a jog =)

Abraham Lincoln said,

February 21, 2008 @ 5:12 am

Around here it says, “Call the police.”

ann in alpharetta said,

February 21, 2008 @ 7:41 am

Trust for sure! Don’t know if I would be that brave, unless I was nearby where I could watch it all. Don’t know that I have ever lived in a place where I felt that safe…at least as an adult.

Leonda said,

February 21, 2008 @ 9:39 am

Maybe it says “blonde” (no pun intended). Did you look behind the bushes?

pat said,

February 21, 2008 @ 4:44 pm

It says “forgetful” to me.

Adaam said,

February 21, 2008 @ 4:52 pm

I think what is most interesting is that there are no shoe laces on the far shoe.

Adam said,

February 21, 2008 @ 4:53 pm

Or that I can’t spell my name =P

Denton said,

February 21, 2008 @ 8:34 pm

jazzy, I had the same thought about jogging but on a closer look the shoe laces are missing from the boot on the left of the photo. This leads me to speculate they are shopping for shoe laces.

Abe, sadly I had the same thought but then it quickly passed and I decided to take a photo instead.

ann, maybe you could write a story about the photo and the missing shoe lace.

Leonda, funny. You may be closes to the real story.

pat, that is a possibility.

Adaam, very observant.

Harvin said,

February 21, 2008 @ 10:43 pm

I’m imagining a secret exchange network, a sort of identity switching drop spot. An upper-class, hard-working couple calls through the hotline to say, “My wife and I need an escape!”

Operator: “We’ll leave a change of clothes beneath the bench at such-and-such street. You’ll rendezvous with a taxi at 0900 hours and be escorted to your destination. But we’re short on common-man style shoelaces, so please provide your own.” =)

ann in alpharetta said,

February 22, 2008 @ 6:06 pm

seems like Harvin took you up on your suggestion to me :-)

Mary said,

February 26, 2008 @ 12:07 pm

here in the DC area a scene like that would require an evacuation of all persons in the area, schools “locked down” and an investigation from the bomb squad

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