[AGL] homeless

[Michael Eisenstadt]

I go to the big library 3 or 4 times a week, just to get out of the
house, to check out or return DVD movies and the occasional
book. the library is funded to buy non-fiction books as they are
published which is a great gift poisonally.

public libraries throught America are magnets for homeless people,
with public toilets.

however, for the last year of so, there are more homeless than
in earlier more prosperous years. these are mostly under thirty,
about 55% black, 45% white, down and out women and men.
in the last 6 months, cheap bad drugs have a large proportion of
this population nodding out or sleeping it off on the sidewalks.
the police/EMS are a not infrequent sight. there are free facilities
in big cities as there are not out in the country which explains
why this is a big city phenomenon. the amount of gear they
carry around is prodigious.

Telejerk recommends a telephoto lens which my handy dandy
Nikon S3500 lady's purse camera has big-time: wide wide of 25mm
to a long long 175mm. You can buy 'em on Ebay for around $40.

the death of Robert Capa from getting too close has long been an
inspiration to me.


On 4/16/2017 7:26 AM, Charles Loving wrote:
> I never see any homeless people in the outback. Rock Springs, Uvalde, 
> Camp Wood, Marathon, Alpine, Marfa, and even Del Rio. Surely they are 
> here or there but they must be invisible.
>
> We have a couple of old codgers here, gringos, that wander the streets 
> of Camp Wood all day but they will talk to you and do not seem to be 
> totally out of it. They just don't have anything to do. One is a 
> retired Coastie and he surely gets a check every month.
>
> Do the homeless just live in large cities? I saw a few in Corpus 
> Christi when I was there a few months ago.
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> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 12:33 AM, Frances Morey via Austin-ghetto-list 
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net 
> <mailto:austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>> wrote:
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>     Yes. But paid models sounds a tad "National Enquirer." I do like
>     the political implications as reportage. To most people the
>     homeless are invisible. It's hard to have empathy with people you
>     can't see.
>     It might be interesting to give them a platform for showing photos
>     they themselves take, selfies or of one another. That makes it
>     more egalitarian.
>     I feel guilty about taking photos of other photographer's works.
>     There is certainly enough mea culpa to go around. Yet I justify it
>     as publicity, or my own critical review, touting photography as art.
>     Best,
>     Frances
>
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>     Here's my favorite sunrise on the Gulf Coast.
>
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>     On Saturday, April 15, 2017 9:41 PM, TeleBob <telebob at gmail.com
>     <mailto:telebob at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I would and do think of it differently, and I frame it so.  The
>     image that I capture here is an indictment of the system that
>     helped put you here.
>
>     Your picture is another bullet for change.
>
>     Some go for it, some not.
>
>     Ask Diane Arbus or Vivian Maier about it.
>     On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 6:40 PM Frances Morey via
>     Austin-ghetto-list <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net
>     <mailto:austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>> wrote:
>
>         I paid "street models" in New Orleans who would dress up in
>         elaborate costumes just for the purpose of being photographed
>         for tips. Yet shooting the homeless seems intrusive and tacky.
>         "May I take a photo of you in your most miserable state of
>         homelessness?--I'll pay you"
>
>         I love the lyrics from a friend of Mike's who wrote a song,
>         "Welcome to Selena Christi", this snippet is one of my
>         favorite lyrics. Reminds me of a homeless person's sentiment.
>
>         "I live right here on Primrose,
>         Come on down to visit,
>         I don't charge admission,
>         I'm not an exhibit."
>
>         Best,
>         Frances
>
>
>         On Saturday, April 15, 2017 5:00 PM, TeleBob
>         <telebob at gmail.com <mailto:telebob at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Bull. I offer them money. You have to have a dialog. Couple of
>         bucks a shot, worth it for their cooperation. Otherwise, get a
>         long lens and treat them like wildlife.
>
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>         On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 2:57 PM Michael Eisenstadt
>         <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com <mailto:eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             photos taken surreptiitiously. hight of rudeness to go
>             slumming
>             with a camera right in their face - and risking a punch in
>             the face
>
>             remember what happened to Robert Capa!
>
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>             On 4/15/2017 4:39 PM, TeleBob wrote:
>>             Remember what Robert Capa said, "if your pictures are not
>>             good enough, it's because you're not close enough."
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>>             On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 1:42 PM Michael Eisenstadt
>>             <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com <mailto:eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>                 2 views of a group of homeless camped out across the
>>                 street
>>                 from the library
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> Charlie Loving

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