Istanbul is a very industrious city. Walk around the neighborhoods and on every block there are small workshops and stands where all manner of things are sold, made or fixed.
Some jobs aren't that hard
Some guys get to play with carpets on the roof of the Grand Bazaar all day!
Some guys get to play easter bunny
Some guys breathe in metal fibers all day in a shop that makes lamp fixtures. This is one of about half a dozen metal workshops on one street near the Galata Tower that is full of lamp stores. He is strapped to his machine, btw. This workplace could not withstand the American tort system.
Some guys haul torsos uphill all day.
Some guys leave their shop door wide open when they go to lunch so I can't ask them what they heck they're making in there. It looks like wooden watermelons.
Some guys work in conditions of unlimited demand and unlimited competition
When you've been producing sawdust all day, it's more comfortable to just take off your shoes
When things rip, like nets, they get fixed, not thrown away
Someone has to clean out the bongwater
Everyone knows you'll never make it in the big city unless you can multitask
PS If anyone can tell me why portrait photos I insert always look crappy I would appreciate it.
