Photos by James

SS 245

Photography

April 12, 2011

                There were quite some challenges for capturing anything that is related to the subject; homelessness. I tried to combine what Tony, the speaker from last week who was open to tell us his story on homelessness, into photographs. Pretty much, Tony was raised by a father who ruled the household with his “iron-fist”, as Tony would describe it. He then became rebellious and decided to go the other way that his father wants him to be. He was traveler and dealt with drug usage and drug dealing (he dealt with cocaine). Not only he was dealing but he was his own favorite customer as well. Because of the things he was doing, he tend to travel from state to state to avoid all the trouble he has gone through. He told us he got shot before as well at stabbed. What got him going through was his kids and God Himself (even though he went on and off about his religious beliefs).

                The hard part of this project is capturing the concept of his story such as a photograph representing the on-and-off beliefs of God and his usage of cocaine. SO I came up with a scene I saw around in Boston. It was an alley way and it look pretty sketchy. My first thought was that people would think alleyways are a typical place where homeless people would sleep in. I also thought that it’s where people can deal their drugs. I also have another picture of railroad tracks since Tony was a traveler and the train tracks represent his traveling during his story.

                I am still trying to come up with photography ideas for this story and perhaps mixing it with other ideas of homelessness with multiple meanings, such as the photo of the alleyway that I took. Otherwise, as challenging as this project is, I’m enjoying the challenge to better my ideas for this project.