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Samuel Port

Man who gave up job to be a Leeds statue opens up on 'mixed opinions'

A former taxi driver who now performs as a statue man in Leeds has opened up about the "mixed opinions" he's received and the “difficult aspects of the job”.

A statue man, or a ‘living statue, is a performer who poses as a statue or a mannequin. Fred Revolution covers himself in green paint and stands by his prop of ‘floating’ statues with ambient music playing.

Fred was performing his act in Briggate, Leeds city centre, on Thursday, February 8. The 41-year-old has opened up about his seven-year journey of becoming a “statue-guy”.

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