[Leica] photographing the homeless

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> It _is_ one of the 10 Commandments of Leica Photography not to photograph 
> homeless people, but there are obvious caveats to that. I do believe that 
> you probably shouldn't be photographing homeless people unless you know 
> their names and you're on the same side of the street as them.
> 
> Omar frequently has something dramatic and pointed to say, which makes him 
> popular, he's also often spectacularly well dressed. I've come to think of 
> him as the Duke of Locust Street where he hangs out, pontificating, 
> drinking, and sometimes yelling at people. I've probably been taking 
> photos of him, off and on, for five or six years. I ran into him yesterday 
> and he said "I'm getting old. I want to live in the suburbs. This might be 
> the last time you see me." He was wearing a Tweetie Bird shirt and had a 
> matching stuffed toy. We shook hands and I thought it would be a little 
> sad if it was, in fact, the last time I saw him. But I ran into him again 
> about three hours later and he was wearing an entirely new wardrobe.
> 
> I shot this with my iLeica.
> 
> http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/omar-tweetie-1200.jpg


a fine, moving, thought provoking image Kyle, a little over the top as far 
as the unreal feeling of the color/manipulation technical issues,


Steve


> 
> Love to hear your thoughts & opinions on the history of photography & 
> homelessness & what books you like. 
> 
> Ignore incoming calls on your camera,
> 
> Kyle
> 
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