Comments on: Project Homeless Connect….. http://www.bmacphoto.com/2007/09/project-homeless-connect/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: alexis http://www.bmacphoto.com/2007/09/project-homeless-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-202 alexis Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:21:50 +0000 http://bmac-photo.com/bmacblog/?p=49#comment-202 Great images Brian and for a great cause. Sorry I missed the opening, I hope it was a big success for everyone. Great images Brian and for a great cause. Sorry I missed the opening, I hope it was a big success for everyone.

]]> By: Brenda Smola http://www.bmacphoto.com/2007/09/project-homeless-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Brenda Smola Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:17:29 +0000 http://bmac-photo.com/bmacblog/?p=49#comment-201 Your photographs provide an intimacy with the people who suffer from homelessness, but instead of seeing the despair which we are accustomed to, we are able to see the authentic joy and hope that each of them posesses. Through the lens of the camera they reveal themselves to us as individuals and as humans, not as a circumstance. This shift in perception is crucial in transforming the crisis of homelessness. Good work Brian! Your photographs provide an intimacy with the people who suffer from homelessness, but instead of seeing the despair which we are accustomed to, we are able to see the authentic joy and hope that each of them posesses. Through the lens of the camera they reveal themselves to us as individuals and as humans, not as a circumstance. This shift in perception is crucial in transforming the crisis of homelessness. Good work Brian!

]]> By: Bill Scheider http://www.bmacphoto.com/2007/09/project-homeless-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Bill Scheider Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:44:00 +0000 http://bmac-photo.com/bmacblog/?p=49#comment-200 Great job, Brian. When I take the time to engage with people who are homeless, I'm invariably looking in a mirror. While the details sometimes differ, there's essentially no difference between us and the things we've done, or events that have occurred, in our lives. Briefly homeless myself in the early 80s, I know the line between housed and de-housed is a mighty thin one that's easily crossed regardless of how self-congratulatory we may become. I'll see you at First Thursday; looking forward to seeing these photos 'live' Great job, Brian. When I take the time to engage with people who are homeless, I’m invariably looking in a mirror. While the details sometimes differ, there’s essentially no difference between us and the things we’ve done, or events that have occurred, in our lives. Briefly homeless myself in the early 80s, I know the line between housed and de-housed is a mighty thin one that’s easily crossed regardless of how self-congratulatory we may become.

I’ll see you at First Thursday; looking forward to seeing these photos ‘live’

]]> By: Victoria V Boettcher http://www.bmacphoto.com/2007/09/project-homeless-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Victoria V Boettcher Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:25:33 +0000 http://bmac-photo.com/bmacblog/?p=49#comment-199 The diversity of those faces demonstrates that we are not homeless because of some random event that has kepts "safe and warm" Waht I'd like to see is ordinances that do not conflict with one another and are socially based, ordinances to make it easy to really help for the long term; long enough for them to get their path back on track, long enough to give a semblance of continuity and consistency, long enough to become like us, fortunate, like us. The diversity of those faces demonstrates that we are not homeless because of some random event that has kepts “safe and warm” Waht I’d like to see is ordinances that do not conflict with one another and are socially based, ordinances to make it easy to really help for the long term; long enough for them to get their path back on track, long enough to give a semblance of continuity and consistency, long enough to become like us, fortunate, like us.

]]> By: Ray Hudson http://www.bmacphoto.com/2007/09/project-homeless-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Ray Hudson Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:06:03 +0000 http://bmac-photo.com/bmacblog/?p=49#comment-198 More than anything on your page - your work with the homeless, and the portraits you got of them in the time you had, is totally impressive to me. I wish I had been there to watch you work, to see how you interacted with these folks, to have gotten such wonderful photos of them. Thank you for posting these, and the words you wrote about the experience. More than anything on your page – your work with the homeless, and the portraits you got of them in the time you had, is totally impressive to me. I wish I had been there to watch you work, to see how you interacted with these folks, to have gotten such wonderful photos of them. Thank you for posting these, and the words you wrote about the experience.

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