I spent last Sunday with Pedro roaming the streets of Toronto.
This is my favourite picture from the day. The girls name is Bell and they live homeless. She didn't have any pants so covered herself with that skirt for the picture.
You can see me taking it here:
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So good to see you taking candids and street photography. Not that your "set-up" shots are anything less than awe-inspiring but this shows growth. Nice work!
Again an amazing true to life candid image, that surely makes one really think about how lucky we are.
This is a true to life detailed image, that is quite sad but so true.....
I think mental illness in the homeless is quite common. Even slight degrees of it can land a person here. Some people just don't like being told what to do by parents so they for some odd reason would rather rough it on the streets than live by rules (even reasonable ones). Drugs often factor into the equation, as does prostitution.
There is help out there for them, but they gotta want it.
Wow! This is incredible!!! I looked at the one of you taking the picture, and of course, your editing is to die for on this one!!!
What strikes me about this photo is the contrast of their situation, with how pretty they both are. I mean. . .cleaned up and not homeless, that girl especially could be beautiful!
What in the world happened to their lives that got them there. I agree: this is photojournalism at its finest!
And I flat out refuse to say "He's great for a 16 year old!". I consider that an insult. He's great for any age.
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16!??? I knew you were young, but I always figure those profile ages don’t update automatically, so I put you at 19 or so...
Remember the little folks that encouraged you, and supported your endeavors, 20 years from now when Steven Spielberg is presenting the lifetime achievement award to it's youngest recipient ever at the 2026 Oscars!
Keep up the good work, perhaps a documentary on "Homelessness - The forgotten Masses" will be your first to receive critical acclaim.
Joey wasn't wearing any pants at the time either, so i photoshopped his jeans into the photo.
In all seriousness I think people could learn some lessons spending some time with Joe. Photographically he's got a great eye for the interesting, and has no reservations asking anyone for a photo if he sees the op. He hasn't told you that he was using a borrowed D70 for this shoot, so presumably he has very little experience with the nuances of the dSLR, yet the pics turned out like this. awesome.
Above that though, there are life lessons to learn from him as well. He treated absolutely everyone (except me of course) with respect, from the homeless to his parents. How refreshing to see someone sit among a group like this, talk to them as humans, offer some money for their time, and then try to represent them as they are - humans, albeit less fortunate than us. There was even one crusty old fella who didn't want his picture taken because he was afraid "it'd be all over the internet like last time" (I don't think his cardboard box has net access, so i'm not sure how he knew). Joe explained why he was taking the pics, but the guy wouldn't budge. he tried to give the money back, but Joe said no thanks, wished him well, and we were on our way.
'twas a great afternoon.
And I flat out refuse to say "He's great for a 16 year old!". I consider that an insult. He's great for any age.
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