Patrick Dillon a Vietnam war veteran looks for material for his art in a dumpster in Harlem New York on Friday Sept. 30, 2011. (Damon Dahlen, AOL)
Patrick Dillon a Vietnam war veteran looks for plastic material that washes up on Breezy Point shore in New York on Tuesday Oct. 4, 2011. Dillon uses the weathered plastic in his art. (Damon Dahlen, AOL)