The Venice Beach Piano Man

During my trip in Venice Beach, we were walking down the "sidewalk market", an area of shops where artists are selling their work, when I happened to see an old piano sitting off to the side, with all the front panels torn off.  It sparked my curiosity as all of the internal parts of the piano were exposed, however I continued to keep walking.  We stopped at a little cafe just "kitty-corner" to where the piano was sitting.  As I was sitting in the sun, enjoying my margarita ;) I all of the sudden heard a sound...it was coming from the piano.  I turned around to find an older gentleman sitting at the piano and playing, what sounded like, a piece by Chopin or Beethoven. It was one of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard.  The gentlemen continued to play about 2-3 more songs before we got up left the cafe.  As I walked out, I took out my camera and proceeded to put a tip in the man's tip bucket.  I then tried to get the man's attention, to ask permission to take his photo, but he was in his own world, playing his music, his eyes closed, a slight smirk on his face and he was playing his heart out. I've never experienced such TRUE happiness in my entire life.  It was a beautiful experience that I was fortunate enough to capture with my camera. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed photographing this amazing and talented "piano man".
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All images are RAW & unedited, with exception of the black & white triptych.  The triptych images were converted to black & white.  I adjusted the color levels when I converted them to my liking.