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American Painter - The Back Story

I stood in the alley way in awe and an older gentleman came from behind me and stood next to me.  I looked at him and said "That's pretty cool, isn't it?".  He nodded.  I then said "Man it would be so awesome to go up there to photograph them".  He said "What would you use that for?".  "Oh it's for my personal use, I might just shoot it on my Iphone..."  He then turned to me and said "You should then".  In the back of my mind, I was thinking that I shouldn't be up there, considering OSHA requirements and all, and I asked him if that's going to be ok for me to go up the vertical ladder to the roof of the building which I don't have permission to.  Then the man said "It's alright, I own the building".  I had to do a double take when I heard that and while I still couldn't believe him, I said thank you, and I proceeded to climb up the ladder to go up and meet them.  

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