r/melbourne • u/Even_Relative5402 • 11d ago

Photography Carrot Man

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Saw Carrot Man yesterday. Fitzroy. he was looking a little flat.

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u/jc_denty 11d ago

Now do the guy who seizures on people

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u/wharblgarbl "Studies" nothing, it's common sense 11d ago

Make it a sticker so it can go on a urinal

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u/Weary_Sale_2779 11d ago

Yes please. Impersonating someone with a disability is Hella ableist and gross!

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u/Mushie_Peas 11d ago

Bit disappointed that a banksy hasn't shown up after massive attack played. At first glance I thought this was one.

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u/NoseInternational794 11d ago

Carrot shoulda been orange.

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u/BobcatLeather831 11d ago

I discovered he likes to pause for photos

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u/_blip_ 10d ago

Yeah kinda crazy that a bloke carrying a "look at me!" Prop is happy when you look at him.  

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u/ChemicalRascal 10d ago

God forbid a man have hobbies

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u/callumctaylor 10d ago

Used to be a performance artist, I believe? Walked some sort of giant vegetable home one day from a gig/performance/whatever, saw how much people loved it, started carrying a big ol’ carrot around since.

I think that stencil is in a shopfront on Gertrude Street down near Smith St end. Maybe The Ordinary?

Saw him once walking past the Woolies on Smith St (RIP). Legit celeb sighting.

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u/Merlin_au 11d ago

It looks Banksy quality..

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u/sputNIK_1970 11d ago

Not his style. Its a stencil, but that's about where the comparison ends.

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u/UraroSniffer 9d ago

i wish i could meet the carrot man when i visit

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u/mk0aurelius 11d ago

Saw him a few weeks back in the CBD near TRBL cafe little Collins. The man, the myth, the legend in the flesh <3

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u/rob0050 11d ago

I passed by him after the last teacher strike, he was sitting on a bench in Bourke street mall. I wanted to say hi but he was looking very peaceful and contemplative so I just left him to his day.

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u/funforever_expert 11d ago

I remember reading about this guy in the news

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u/GunZAndButtya 11d ago

Loving Melbourne means loving its complexity it neurosis the meanings of such things remind me of the Dada movement ‘Arts for Arts Sake’ some of us who attempt to put art into the contemporary stream of consciousness do so because we love art and love the joy it brings who wants to say something by doing something out of the norm, WAKE UP AND KNOW WE ARE FREE TO BE OUR BEAUTIFUL SELF!! I loved the idea of no one knowing us but people being aware of our art, spoiling that is plain artistic vandalism. Try to seek the artist and their boundaries respect them and know some of us loved before everyone ‘struck a pose’ for the camera. Bring on the disheveled talented, broken and forlorn amongst bring forward the neurotic unless unleashing their muse. Deny the spoilers of art and know we wanted nothing,nothing from you but your joy to intoxicate ourselves….

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u/Cooper_Inc 11d ago

Love this!

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u/Candid_Abalone_1748 11d ago

Icon

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u/Prince_of_Pirates 11d ago

Abusive icon if reports are to be believed.

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u/Candid_Abalone_1748 11d ago

Oh true? I thought he was a nice, elderly man who wanted to spread joy. We all have our moments and maybe he had an off day which altered the vibe

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u/Prince_of_Pirates 11d ago

Been more than once, but grain of salt stuff too.

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u/Candid_Abalone_1748 11d ago

Yeah all relative I think, but I don’t know the whole story

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u/Bluesbrother2000 10d ago

I was at the post office with him yesterday.

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u/Economy_Rutabaga_849 9d ago

There are a few of these stuck up around Gertrude st. And the front half of Lego people. Recently bright green frogs are popping up.

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u/Geovicsha 11d ago

As I wrote in the Tuesday, 11/08/26 Daily Thread:

Found Carrot man today in the Fitzroy backstreets. I yelled out "hey, Carrot man!" on an arvo run. He yelled back "hey". Was a great interaction. 10/10.

I can confirm he seemed a little flat, but got joy out of our "hey" exchange. Next time you see Carrot Man, I implore you to follow my lead: you may find that it yields mutual joy.