Archive for April, 2011
Mohamed
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet What you don’t see in this interview is Mohamed is disabled. He is missing his left hand and most of his left arm. When I saw him panhandling on a cold, wet Chicago night my heart broke. Mohamed has lived on the streets for seven years. He has been to prison twice, his parents [...]
Derek
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet I met Derek in Bend, Oregon. He was “flying a sign” on an exit ramp. Food stamps alone are not enough to survive. Derek has been on off and on the streets since he was sixteen. Sadly, that is more common than rare. The good news is Derek wants to finish school and become [...]
Randy
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness, road trip 2010
Tweet I was talking to Randy in Portland this past fall when a group of police officers came up and started to harass him. We were having a peaceful conversation and from what I could see Randy was a bother to no one. It was a interesting situation that was brand new to me. Having [...]
Carol Ann
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet In Portland, seeing young adults like Carol Ann is rather normal. On the outside many look happy, and the old hippie in me wants to believe they are happy. But the realist in me knows that most of our countries homeless youth are throwaways. 40 percent of homeless youth are never even reported missing. [...]
Robert
Posted by invisiblepeople | Filed under face and voice of homelessness
Tweet When I started this interview with Robert I didn’t know reading lips was the only way he could understand me. The viewfinder was covering my mouth blocking view to my face, but I quickly figured out what was wrong when Robert didn’t respond. I moved the camera so he could read my lips but [...]
