It was right out of Walker Evans photo book, a store called Hillbilly Recycling in Bridgewater, Vt. It was a wonderful place in which to wander, a lost world of sorts. I asked the proprietor if I could take  his photo, and he said yes, but when I pointed the camera he closed a shutter in front of him and hid. He came out and I told him I wouldn’t take his photo (which I do not ever do without permission.) For me, photography is all about making people comfortable, not uncomfortable.