Sidewalk Fruit Stand

This quaint stand on the sidewalk has beautifully arranged fruit – from bananas, cherries, lemons, apples, oranges, pineapples… I pulled out my camera to take a picture of the seemingly depressed vendor and his stand, with the backdrop of a huge truck of empty fruit boxes in the street. Once he saw us, his face lit up, and my friend started to pretend he was going to buy fruits for the sake of posing for the picture. We couldn’t leave empty handed. After all, he gave me the purest and most honest smile I saw all day. I told my friend that I wanted bananas, and he bought two pieces, for a quarter each. We’re cheap bastards. Though the bananas were on the verge of becoming over-​ripe, I was glad to have this slice of New York City life at 1:05am.