While waiting for the ferry to Canada, we spent a few moments talking with a man who was carving a totem pole near the harbor. He was either Canadian or a big fan of Canada – I’ve never seen larger lettering on any other sweatshirt. My fellow photographer and friend Tim May was shooting him as well, and at one point he asked the carver a question. The carver stopped carving, turned to Tim, and answered. While he spoke, I made this portrait of him. I call such portraits “Candid Portraits,” in that they are not posed and the gesture or expression of the moment is true to character, not self-conscious or directed. We can take the measure of the man from this portrait. He seems confident, warm, and intelligent. All of the shots I made of him actually carving went in the trash. This was the man I wanted to remember.