wish he was puffing on a nargile as you were taking the pic.it would have made this amazing pic just a little bit more exotic and in line with the water pipe cafe he’s sitting in front of…his gloves are not my style but it compliments his sweater.The tone of the socks wouldn’t be the way i’d go but heyy it goes along with his grunchy globetrotter dervish swag =)
My first trip to Istanbul was in 1972. “The Pudding Shop” was THE place to meet and greet. It was a very different time. The city was full of hippies. Most of the young men didn’t look so different from the one in this photograph.
Just perused a few months of your blog, excellent photos, with only one critique: all the women are SO DAMN skinny. Not that there’s anything wrong with skinny women, but I mean, every woman I saw was model skinny (and sure, some of them are, in fact, models, I get that). How about a little variety? I know for a fact there are plenty of stylish, curvy women out there roaming the streets.
WOW, thats the great things about traveling you never know where you might end up. If you get a chance do check out my blog, I have interesting fashion posts you might love to read.
What’s up with the facial hair, I now see that it’s really in vogue to wear beards??????
Please tell me what that is about….
I like it and I always ask my husband not to shave, to a small one going… He says it’s hard to do because of the training young to always shave…
I can’t believe I’ve been loving your blog for so long and just discovered you are from Indy too – I went to IU two years after you in the Interior Design program and my best friend Stacy Frigo was in Fashion Merchandising – we’ve spent lots of time in the same building at the same time in the middle of Indiana – crazy.
Didn’t you go to Taksim? Couldn’t you find any stylish guy who is Turkish? There are many men with unique styles in Istanbul. Im so suprised that you couldn’t find any..
I’m from Indianapolis and we are some of the coolest, most interesting people. I’ve been all over the world and the neatest encounters I’ve had are with strangers from Indiana halfway across the globe. I’m such a huge fan of your work!! This one made my day.
Antonia at Swedish Love Affair
December 6, 2011 at 4:04 pm
This guy has a Russian feel!
Alyssa @ The Fashion Lens
December 6, 2011 at 4:06 pm
What a coincidence! And I do love those mittens :)
Marcel Da Chump
December 6, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Kismet.
comme fraiche
December 6, 2011 at 4:13 pm
The mittens do stand out- perhaps made in Istanbul along with the sweater
dragon fruit
December 6, 2011 at 4:13 pm
that’s crazy! you’re from indianapolis? wow! anyway he has awesome style i love those colors!
http://www.dragonnfruit.com
Ayshe Rose
December 6, 2011 at 4:14 pm
great picture!
http://stylishtimes.blogspot.com/
Susanna
December 6, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Jesus in mittens :) And soon it’s Christmas.
Lovely happy colours.
Ivan
December 6, 2011 at 4:26 pm
And my sister told me that my winter gloves are big… That’s the fashion I told! The unibrow makes it all :D!
Miriam
December 6, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Hello hipster…
Très Awesome
December 6, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Love the mittens and fabulous boots. Hoosiers represent. I hail from South Bend, IN!
Très Awesome – Chicago Street Style
http://www.tresawesome.com
ETC...
December 6, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Those are some killer gloves!
ETC…
http://www.eatontradingcompany.com
shortlechic
December 6, 2011 at 4:43 pm
WHOA!!! the shoes! the shoes! The man knows what works. i love it.
Ali
December 6, 2011 at 4:51 pm
wish he was puffing on a nargile as you were taking the pic.it would have made this amazing pic just a little bit more exotic and in line with the water pipe cafe he’s sitting in front of…his gloves are not my style but it compliments his sweater.The tone of the socks wouldn’t be the way i’d go but heyy it goes along with his grunchy globetrotter dervish swag =)
Evita
December 6, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Nice gloves :)
http://ativevita.blogspot.com
ziya
December 6, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Wow! website to know latest news about fashion thanks a lot.
DeepBlue Fig
December 6, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Fantastic look !
check out chowpapi.com to find some hidden gems in istanbul like Araf Cafe.
Ophelia
December 6, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Hi gloves are great!
http://cestlavieophelia.blogspot.com/
Wendy Carlos Williams
December 6, 2011 at 5:46 pm
Petroushka? A Chagall?
Name*
December 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm
in the best possible way he looks like that thing from Narnia.
canvasofculture
December 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm
What a very gorgeous shot though! Those are some great mittens!
http://canvasofculture.blogspot.com/
the effair
December 6, 2011 at 6:01 pm
in the best possible way he looks like that mr tumness from Narnia.
Cece
December 6, 2011 at 6:05 pm
My first trip to Istanbul was in 1972. “The Pudding Shop” was THE place to meet and greet. It was a very different time. The city was full of hippies. Most of the young men didn’t look so different from the one in this photograph.
Edgar C
December 6, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Nice colors.
P.S. his unibrow would’ve fooled me into believing he was a local :)
Christina
December 6, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Lol, small world! Great shot
Thy Nefelibata
December 6, 2011 at 6:40 pm
It feels like when I travelled the world “in search” of my soulmate and finally met him in my hometown :).
Great look, btw!
http://thynefelibata.com/en/2011/12/06/thy-balance-part-i/
Patricia
December 6, 2011 at 6:59 pm
love how he seems not to care about what he wears but still, he does actually care.
I wanted to say thanks because YOUR PHOTOS OFTEN INSPIRE MY DRAWINGS AND PORTRAITS. congrats and tnx from Spain
http://whenfashionmeetsart.blogspot.com/
Villy K
December 6, 2011 at 7:17 pm
I love the gloves- very eye catching
noreen
December 6, 2011 at 7:23 pm
he has an arty feel. he’s at home there – adapted with the beard and all.
JV
December 6, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Just perused a few months of your blog, excellent photos, with only one critique: all the women are SO DAMN skinny. Not that there’s anything wrong with skinny women, but I mean, every woman I saw was model skinny (and sure, some of them are, in fact, models, I get that). How about a little variety? I know for a fact there are plenty of stylish, curvy women out there roaming the streets.
Marie
December 6, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Sometimes the world is huge; sometimes it’s very, very, small.
Tokyofaces.com (@Tokyofaces)
December 6, 2011 at 8:00 pm
The mittens are really cool. Such a funny story to meet someone from your hometown that far away.
Tokyo street style: http://www.tokyofaces.com
Bohemian Style
December 6, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Love that story. It makes you realize how small the world really is.
theBohmerian.com
Katherine
December 6, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Interesting enough as I just read this post my bus from Chicago was going through Indianapolis. Beautiful image.
Annika
December 6, 2011 at 9:22 pm
How great! I love seeing Hoosiers around the globe. I’m from Fort Wayne!
Fred Gonsowski
December 6, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Rasputin lives…A time traveler from Czarist Russia. Romantic in a Bohemian way.
Habiba. J
December 6, 2011 at 10:14 pm
WOW, thats the great things about traveling you never know where you might end up. If you get a chance do check out my blog, I have interesting fashion posts you might love to read.
http://www.thegirlinredheels.com
shannon
December 6, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Isn’t that the way it goes? He looks to me like a quirky Harold a la Harold & Maude.
meilssa
December 6, 2011 at 10:36 pm
What’s up with the facial hair, I now see that it’s really in vogue to wear beards??????
Please tell me what that is about….
I like it and I always ask my husband not to shave, to a small one going… He says it’s hard to do because of the training young to always shave…
xoxo
m
Jennifer De Francisco
December 6, 2011 at 10:54 pm
I love the sweater…
Fotautomat
December 6, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Gorgeous!! Love the pops of colour – suited for the festive seasons.
http://www.foto-automat.tumblr.com
kill3rboots
December 6, 2011 at 11:15 pm
I was just thinking that this guy looked like he was sitting at the Bloomingfoods!
Roy Marvelous
December 6, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Love those gloves!
gabriella sheffield
December 7, 2011 at 1:20 am
modern yet grundgey, i like
http://www.dimplesandcharm.com
The life after
December 7, 2011 at 3:05 am
Ahhh Istanbul is so cosmopolitan… you can find anyone there!!
The Life After
une chatte grise
December 7, 2011 at 3:20 am
That’s really funny.
And I love the mittens against the classic neutral jacket!
emma
December 7, 2011 at 4:05 am
I love his gloves.
Johnny
December 7, 2011 at 5:15 am
He’s really cool!
paula
December 7, 2011 at 5:48 am
That’s the trouble with travel, you never really escape your past.
Beauty Follower
December 7, 2011 at 6:05 am
Have you try nargile in Instabul?
ilke
December 7, 2011 at 6:32 am
Istanbul is an amazing place to end up shooting, seeing, tasting believing, having harmony but for you mostly a warm welcome by your compatriot…
CoudreMode
December 7, 2011 at 7:19 am
I know right? Funny how things like that happen!
nicole
December 7, 2011 at 7:52 am
nice coincidence!!
another beautiful shot! really like his style!
xx
http://nm-clindoeil.blogspot.com/
LocalCeleb
December 7, 2011 at 8:32 am
Loving his splash of color and rugged look
http://www.localcelebz.blogspot.com/
antique engagement rings
December 7, 2011 at 9:08 am
Love the colors….!
debbie
December 7, 2011 at 9:16 am
It’s a small world…..
Milena
December 7, 2011 at 9:27 am
love the gloves!
http://thethiefandthecobblers.com
Dlight
December 7, 2011 at 9:32 am
HAha indeed the world is small as we say on French (well the English probably say this too I’m not sure! :-))
Dlight from Paris
La Rue A Du Style
http://www.larueadustyle.com
abby
December 7, 2011 at 9:32 am
like it. happy coincidence. us hoosiers are good folk, right??!?
J Umm
December 7, 2011 at 10:17 am
smitten mittens!
STYLE DECORUM
D. Abdu-har
December 7, 2011 at 10:26 am
nice chair
anonymous
December 7, 2011 at 11:50 am
I like this shot, he looks like a local, could have fooled me. So relaxed and those mittens!
Charlotte Wilder
December 7, 2011 at 11:51 am
AMAZING mittens! I want them :)
-C
http://www.thewilderthings.com
kristina@beancakes ★
December 7, 2011 at 12:35 pm
i love this man’s attire..
xx ~ k
h
December 7, 2011 at 12:41 pm
the shoes are great !
this man has an uncanny resemblance to che guevara — particularly during his last days of life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqz_xbtHuiU
Olivia
December 7, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Lovely boots…
anonymous
December 7, 2011 at 1:42 pm
stood out as an American immediately! the petite nose is always a giveaway!
Style Dilettante
December 8, 2011 at 1:20 am
No Way! I thought he was local – but now the mittens make more sense…!
http://www.inherentstylela.com/
clarity enhanced diamonds
December 8, 2011 at 7:37 am
Just a fantastic photo…….!
Magpie
December 8, 2011 at 11:02 am
I can’t believe I’ve been loving your blog for so long and just discovered you are from Indy too – I went to IU two years after you in the Interior Design program and my best friend Stacy Frigo was in Fashion Merchandising – we’ve spent lots of time in the same building at the same time in the middle of Indiana – crazy.
annablume
December 8, 2011 at 1:27 pm
el nuevo Jesucristo?…una foto brillante y vibrante…
Justyna
December 8, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Like in Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle”… a person from Indianapolis always meets another one from Indy on the other side of Globe, on the plane, etc.
nice gloves!
fae
December 8, 2011 at 9:17 pm
indianapolis is a great place to be from. you should come back sometime :)
Kate
December 9, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Isn’t that how it goes? Lovely photo. And greetings from Indy!
Ellen Einkauf
December 11, 2011 at 3:39 pm
love love those bright color accents!!! <3
cartier
December 11, 2011 at 8:57 pm
How did Joe get to Istanbul??
Bryan
December 12, 2011 at 11:25 pm
He;s a cool man.
I’m from Gary!
neuman
December 12, 2011 at 11:44 pm
it’s wild man joe!
Jessica
December 13, 2011 at 9:40 am
I wondered what happened to Wild Man Joe. I guess he’s in Istanbul looking awesome! This is not at all surprising.
jake
December 16, 2011 at 11:22 am
hehe, i met this guy in Lisbon in November.
Merve
January 2, 2012 at 11:22 am
Didn’t you go to Taksim? Couldn’t you find any stylish guy who is Turkish? There are many men with unique styles in Istanbul. Im so suprised that you couldn’t find any..
Sarah
January 13, 2012 at 10:46 pm
I know this guy! Hey joe! Come back to Indy!
utku
April 11, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Wouw ! İstanbul ! Karaköy a beautiful place, and humans. I was surprised and it really made ​​me happy and i hope you like a istanbul.. :)
Julie
May 12, 2012 at 10:45 am
I’m from Indianapolis and we are some of the coolest, most interesting people. I’ve been all over the world and the neatest encounters I’ve had are with strangers from Indiana halfway across the globe. I’m such a huge fan of your work!! This one made my day.