Meet The Artist Who Paints And Sells Portraits Of Homeless People, Giving Them The Profits
‘Faces of Santa Ana’ is a continuous exhibition of portraits of homeless people, founded by Californian artist Brian Peterson. Brian talks to members of Santa Ana’s homeless community, collects their stories and paints their portraits. After getting a signature from them in the corner of the canvas, Brian then sells the artwork downtown. All the […]
Homeless People Plant a Rooftop Organic Garden, Help Feed an Entire Shelter
Image credit: Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless Atlanta, GA — Public attention recently turned to an organic garden in Atlanta that is designed to feed displaced people healthy food and establish a routine exercise in self-sufficiency—a practice also known as Agorism. It’s a rooftop garden operated by the Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless, […]
Photographer Captures Homeless Peoples’ Transformations To Convey Their Inner ‘Rock Star’
“Who are you?” is a question photographer Nigel Skeet asks homeless residents in Redding, California for his Homeless Rock Star Project. He does this not to dwell on their suffering, but to allow them to share their story for the world to hear. Many of them have never been questioned so thoroughly about who they are. […]
