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A crossroads of sorts
This man looked trapped between so many things. It was uncomfortable taking his photo, and it’s difficult posting it today. I made sure his hat covered his face. I hope he’s doing better. If anyone...
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The beds
All around Chicago are flower beds. When the days get shorter and the air cools, the fragile flowers get replaced by hardier plants like those in this particular planter on Dearborn. Across the street...
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Under the beauty lights
While I understand that a lot of people don’t get excited to see these kinds of photos, lately I’ve felt compelled to shoot homeless people. In the past this would not have been the case, but when...
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Asleep at the beach
Photographing the homeless is a gut-wrenching ordeal. There’s the question of should or shouldn’t. There’s the urge to tell the story despite the sadness you take from it. There’s the concern that when...
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Man in shopping cart
Something about him putting even himself in the shopping cart reminded me of a line from a book I read in college about the commodification of everything. It made sense in a real-life way here while...
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Anno Domini
Recently, I heard somebody say they’d never give money to the homeless on a street corner. In the next conversation they mentioned that the only way to solve gun violence is better treatment for the...
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The banality of info
I deleted everyone and everything I was following on Twitter. It seemed like it was all scurrying past me like rats through an alleyway. Eventually the list will repopulate, differently. Doing my best...
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