Homeless people

There are times I'm critisized for taking informal portraits or street photography images of the poorest of the poor. I get it. It's something that many feel is opportunistic and wrong. I would like to let those critics know that it's not easy for me to drum up the courage to approach these unfortunate souls and ask to take their picture. It's much easier to walk past the homeless, pretend not to see them and avoid making eye contact. My hope and reason for imaging them and sharing the…

I stare at this image a lot. I ask myself how . . . and why . . . and feel so helpless in making a difference. I know a lot of people care. I know a lot more people are living at the door's edge a paycheck away from homelessness on the streets. And that's a scary place to be. It's a scene each and everyone of us could end up in given a wrong set of circumstances or decisions.

Let's face it, between an economy that’s still trying to pull itself out of the crapper and a job market that shows no interest in expanding, times are tough ...

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Rough sleepers are often turning up at the Julian Trust homeless shelter soaked to the skin

Don't build up talking to a homeless person as vastly different from talking to any other person. Here are five things to say to homeless people you meet.

Ainda vai procurar, o que tem pra comer ? Que tá com vontade de comer isso, sendo que tem tudo!...Aaaah, amigo, reflita! vai, agora agradeça...E reze por esses.

A reflective narrative by Ellen B. Koneck

It's a problem many want to look away from.

n a conscientious city like San Francisco, water conservation measures are taken very seriously by businesses and residents alike; except for the San Francisco Archdiocese led by embattled Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. The latest outrage, and it is a monumental outrage on humanitarian and water conservation terms, against the Archdiocese is the harshest criticism for installing a watering system to drench the homeless to prevent them from sleeping in doorways around the sanctuary at St…