Showing posts with label homelessness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homelessness. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

If you are a barber, take your practice to a downtown street and offer haircuts to the homeless. A donation box (like a busker's) will help defray the costs. Reminds me of Michelangelo's self-reflection: "I saw an angel in the marble and and carved until I set him free." In this case: "I saw an angel in the strooble and clipped until I set him free." [2017]

Friday, May 12, 2017

Pensacola, Florida, USA

The bench is designed so he can't sleep there. See the divide in the middle? But, he sure can read there. Supplied with hydration and whatever is in that pack, he's set for the day. [2017]

Monday, December 26, 2016

Anaheim, California, USA

Twas the day after Christmas, outside Disneyland, the homeless were sleeping. I don't understand how all the gift-giving, by-passed this man. [2016]

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Brussels, Belgium

Thousands of homeless people are to be found in Brussels, but most take advantage of homeless accommodation services. Finding someone who is "homeless without shelter" is far less common than it is in the United States. [2015]

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

San Francisco, California, USA

There are well over half a million homeless people in the United States. Some are "homeless without shelter." These men, however, have built themselves a something temporary in a San Francisco alley where they are in full view of the Financial District: in sight, but still out of mind. [2016]