Between my great uncle Sal and myself we have taken hundreds of portraits of Captain Tony that Sals little brother and my grandfather We both knew one day Captain Tony might become famous he also loved getting his picture taken this is one of my favorite images that Sal took in New York City mid 70s midtown Manhattan, Captain Tony has no shoes on, back in the hippy days The 60s my grandfather hardly ever wore shoes you would see him a lot walking around his bar in Key West with no shoes on it all started on his fishing boats he fished Cuban style with a hand line the line is always laying on the deck and you have to feel it with your feet If you use that style, you catch a lot more fish hand lining than a rod and reel have to be barefooted I figure I’ll give you that little piece of history that’s how Ernest Hemingway the old man and the sea fished