Kelly, at Cafe Mundi (from the series: Still Lives)
The Platypus Hair Salon, run by stylist Kelly Behrends, could once be found in a secluded court yard on East Fifth St in Austin. Just a few steps away from Kelly’s salon was Cafe Mundi, which has free WiFi and makes a mean cup of coffee. When I took this photograph, it was 2006 and the television on the wall of Cafe Mundi was showing World Cup Soccer.
Not so long ago, Kelly moved his salon to 2604 Guadalupe St – to a marginally more interesting location, as far as I’m concerned. So nowadays, while my wife has her hair attended to, I walk up and down Guadalupe taking photos of murals and buskers, and the local student population. And while Kelly fixes my hair, I discuss everything from Mozart to metaphysics with him.
Kelly is a breath of fresh air.
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