In February 2013 I made a trip to the coast of Ecuador.  I was going to take a few photographs for the Fundación Dr. Oswaldo Loor Moreira.  Through a very convoluted series of contacts ( a friend’s friend’s wife is related to the director) I was asked to help take some publicity shots.   I really didn’t have any idea what I was getting myself into.
It was a very eye opening experience.
I got to visit places where most Canadian’s don’t get to see.
One of the places we went to was the workshop of Sandy.
In Ecuador cars are very expensive. Â They are outside the reach of most Ecuadorians. Â For this reason motorcycles are the main means of private transportation( there are also buses going just about everywhere).
Motorcycle mechanics are very popular, especially if they are good.  Sandy is a good motorcycle/ bicycle  mechanic.
He is also blind.
This is as I saw him last week. Â He was fixing the spokes of a wheel of a clients Motorcycle.
And this is as he looked on my first visit in 2013. That day he was building a replacement part out of metal. This required grinding, pounding and shaping.
I hope to drop in again in a few more months.
