I too agree with capella, I've been homeless and addicted to substances. (Sure I couch surfed and cruised around on my bicycle the whole time, but i lived out of a backback, slept wherever, and didn't have a job for almost a year.) Anyway my point here is that most people i've met and hung out with who have been homeless for years (not fake-can-i-sleep-in-your-backyard-homeless) while addicted to substances and seem to be silently at war with themselves having realized America is filled with greedy, inhumane, selfish people. Why would you want to return to the "functioning" society after being free from all that mess for so long? Or would you? I am glad I got my sht together. Maybe they don't want to.
i really like the briefcase image. these photos are so compelling they almost seem staged, instead of candid as the photographer explains... beautifully captured either way.
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