I live in the downtown eastside of Vancouver. I have been in a residential treatment centre now for over 10 months with almost 1 year clean!!
THE PHOTOGRAPH
This photo was taken by me over 6 months ago of a gentleman who I had spent varying amounts of time with talking to him about life, his family, his drug addiction, being homeless for over 10 years.
He has now been passed away from a fentanyl overdose for around a couple months, he allowed me to take this photo of him, but I remember him saying "don't expect me to smile" he always did have a funny sense of humor whenever I would run into him.
so all you photograph buffs and admirers, I always thought this photo I took kind of said a lot about being homeless without words. I would ask you to tell me in a comment if you like:
- what it speaks to you?
- does it make you feel his pain?
- and whatever comes to mind.
This is my favorite photo as I have said of people who live homeless in North America and his eyes always said so much to me whenever I looked at it about the pain and suffering of being mentally ill, and suffering from an addiction problem.
Thank you for your time and energy.
The worst thing that can ever happen to a man is not having a roof over his head. This picture is touching and it sends a strong message on how homelessness is rising by the day. Personally, I feel his pain and I also feel for many others who fall into this category. I think our governments across the world Can make life easy for these people by providing sufficient free housing schemes for the homeless and not just keeping them in refugees camps.
God Bless you @chyke07eu your comment touches my soul.. You are right 100% governments can and don't take care of the housing issue and their is nothing worse than not having a roof over your head. This man died without ever knowing what that felt like for 10 years here in Canada. It makes me mad and very sad!
Thank you very much for your comment!!
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Well I had also meet many people of such kind.and what you do observe if even they get just food they get much more happy . Actually they need us and we must do our best to serve them . They are one from our society
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