The Homeless Camera Adventure

THE HOMELESS CAMERA ADVENTURE
The idea is simple. Give people who live on the streets a camera. Publish the results.

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There are ample venues where one can view photos of the homeless, but what happens when we turn that concept around and see life through the eyes of the homeless?

What develops is a visual story of life from a unique perspective. Carving out a life in the raw urban elements, the street savvy must acquire skills and knowledge the rest of us know little about.

Click to view photos by Scott

Click to view photos by Troy

Basing our quest upon the axiom that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we seek to present a view of the world as one who is homeless.

Capturing the beauty of life as observed and experienced by the homeless is one of the goals of the Homeless Camera Adventure.

Time spent. Many of us include those two words in our daily conversations with never a thought of appreciation placed upon either.

Just how do those without homes spend their time? See for yourself from behind the homeless camera looking into the world as a moment in time is captured.

Click to view photos by Reader

Click to view photos by Anonymous

Homelessness can be considered the flipside of a society accustomed to comfortable security.

For many of us, the homeless are largely invisible. But the reality remains that every urban area has people living on the streets. The Homeless Camera Adventure seeks to present a perspective of society as experienced from the streets.

The reasons one become homeless is a debate for the ages. The fact remains unchanged. An estimated 744,000 Americans currently live on the fringes of society.

While most appear trapped, others desire the lonesome independence. Regardless, all have a story to tell. Some of those stories can be found here in the photos they've taken.

Click to view photos by Raymond

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Previous 25 comments:

Sep 3
Scotts photos are amazing especially picture number 2. Great job man and hang in there.

Sep 3
I guess some people see the world from views some of us never imagend.

Sep 3
Someone get this person a professional camera! Pictures 1, 4, 7, and 10 are so beautiful.

Sep 3
Hi Im lee. Im doing a story on homeless people for my school and i think this website is good for it. I want more people to think more about homeless! I want them to give food and selter. The first pictuer that you have well in my ownway i think is means having fun living life the way you want it to be. Well keep up with the good work and help people understand what homeless face.

Sep 3
great job

Sep 3
Party like rock

Sep 3
that dog knd of look like my dog

Sep 2
sometimes these photos one to make me cry

Sep 2
those of us without a home are homeless. lets leave it at that.

Sep 2
you take very good pictures

Sep 1
you take very good pictures

Sep 1
It is an outrage for so many people to be left out on the street with noone to help them or console them in their time of need

Aug 30
Give me a break. They are homeless by choice!!!

Aug 30
I KNOW OF A FRIEND WHO WAS ONCE HOMELESS DUE TO DRUGS AND ADDICTIONS. BUT FINALLY HE HAS CHOSEN TO TURN AROUND AND GET THE HELP, HE IS NOW RECOVERING AND LOOKS VERY HEALTHY AND I CAN SEE IN HIS EYES THAT MAYBE NOT EVERYONE CAN CHANGE BUT EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE AND HE DECIDED FOR THIS TIME TO STAY CLEAN AND OUT OF THE STREETS..GOOD LUCK DAVE YOUR FRIEND FOR ALWAYS...SUNSHINE

Aug 30
It is society, in its current form, that is largly responsible for the homeless problem.

Aug 30
How dare you say hoeless are leeches. They didnt choose to be this way. You know with the way our economy is going it could be very easy you. So when you want to bad mouth someone that is homeless . Maybe you should investigate on how they ended up in that situation. I will pray for your hard heart.

Aug 30
The homeless are leeches on the legs of society. They dont deserve to be seen.

Aug 30
I take better pictures than you dude, your foucus is just all messed up!!!!!! You are supposed to get your pics inhanced before you put them on the web!!!!!! DUH!!!!!

Aug 30
Keep trusting in the Lord and he will make away, out of noway!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 30
wow thats crazy!!

Aug 30
I have appreciated seeing the world as this homeless person sees the world. Very insightful!

Aug 30
In a perfect world, there would be no homelessness.

Aug 29
i hope no one lives in that house