He is my new favourite photographer. I love these portraits. Thanks for sharing. So much better than those freaky doll baby things you made me look at!
I have often thought that the 'bad/sad' side of life makes interesting shots but there also is the feeling that they are being used...to make some interesting shots, and l am guessing more than half of these people have been well and truly used by someone/s. Now if there is a purpose or message then that would be great, like to help get to young people why they shouldn't do drugs or providing something for those in need or despair. The photos do make you think though....
These are great!!! I've never been really fascinated with beautiful things... the really fascinating stuff is in darkness... in real things, ugly things, gross things. Thanks for sharing, Paul! I have found a new source of inspiration. I, too, like to photograph abandoned places and so forth. Lala. I still think these things are beautiful. That's art, isn't it? Making everything look like a masterpiece.
Definitely my taste, love things like this. I have some very dark photography planned at the weekend in an abandoned mental asylum but not sure how it will go down if posted here?
Isn't that just street photography, unfortunately these people live in the wrong side of town. Tha abandond houses are very disturbing, makes you wonder what ever happend to the people who lived there. They my be great pieces of art as @violeta says, but the problem here is its only art to the person taking the shot and leaving the place after a short vist . Its sad reality to those being photographed and that live there all the time.
I looked at these photos and I was left feeling hopeless for these people. They look as abandoned as the empty rooms. Not something you should dip in and take a photo of and then leave, but then I had a look at his blog and it seems that some of his subjects are heroin addicts in a particular area of Philadelphia.
Still not sure whether he is on a mission or has just found a rich seam of subjects for his camera. Jury's out. - but they are good photographs.
@steampowered thank you so much for sharing. Abandoned photography is a passion of mine....but I rarely shoot people in or near the environments. I like that his work really evoked a sad, empty feeling in me.
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Heck, I could do that all day! Well, maybe not ALL day... (looks in wallet)... more like 10 shots. ;-)
Still not sure whether he is on a mission or has just found a rich seam of subjects for his camera. Jury's out. - but they are good photographs.