2013 | India Street, San Diego
I always enjoyed visiting Alfred Pagano in his shop; it was full of interesting pictures, and he delivered the best work to all of his clients. The selections hanging everywhere were different every time. Since this picture was made, Alfred moved the shop inland and then recently passed it along to new owners after a long career of service to imagemakers.
I hope that Alfred will take well-deserved time to look into his own archive now, which has been growing in spite of his long commitment to printing other people’s work. Interesting photographs were already piling up when I first met him in 1973.