“They call me Kari the Scooter.” In this way I got to know a person who’s passion is scooters. We met in a famous cafe in Tampere which is called Cafe Runo. It’s a place where strangers begin to talk to each other and make friends. “I collect all the things which are somehow connected to scooters. If you ever find something interesting, don’t hesitate to grab it with you and bring it to Runo’s staff. They know to who to deliver them.”

Kari the Scooter came to my mind during my vacation in North Italy 2007. I took this image and it has stayed in my external hard drive since. Begin of June 2011 I got invited to Kari the Scooter’s birthday party which was of course in Cafe Runo. This certain image came to my mind, and luckily I hadn’t destroyed it. Name of the image came to my mind during retouching…

There’s a story behind this certain image. I’m attracted to idea that the image ended up to it’s recipient after years it was taken.