Washington's Homeless

When shooting people, especially the homeless, I always maintain great distance for respect. I like the grain in these.

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Oooh...Damn you JonMikal!!! I get teased by your amazing pics TWICE now!!!! :)

And the grain is AWESOME in these! :) So mooooody.

Wow, I really like those. Nice work.

i love these shots. :)

Great use of light for sure... the grain helps a lot as well. What post work was done on them?

the seconed 1 is awsom it remineds me of movies about the world after a nucler war
the way the head tilted down great

JonMikal

did you aproch this guy befor taking your shot or it was kandid ?
i alwas wanted to do sort of like a documantry about homless

i like the anonymous nature of the images that speaks volumns about the anonymous nature of the subjects (as most people see the homeless). do you have others that are portraits?

the seconed 1 is awsom it remineds me of movies about the world after a nucler war
the way the head tilted down great

JonMikal

did you aproch this guy befor taking your shot or it was kandid ?
i alwas wanted to do sort of like a documantry about homless


There's a good doc. on homeless, well it's more about tain hoppers, but it's kind of the same, anyways it's called "Catching Out." It's pretty intresting. In the next year or so I hope to have a book about train hopping and the involved culture published.

the only post work was adjustments in levels. i always shoot the homeless from a distance with zoom; they never know and it respects their privacy. thanks everyone for the comments!

i like the anonymous nature of the images that speaks volumns about the anonymous nature of the subjects (as most people see the homeless).

agree. well said

really nice work, very thought provoking.

Haunting shot. Your respect of the subject is laudable. I know some homeless. Many of us are one major illness, job loss or other catatastrophe, away from the same life..

You've achieved strong emotion here - great stuff.

Tuna

Superbly done, Jon, has such a strong sense of atmosphere, of night, of dejection. Excellent tones too, I really love this.