Very sad ~ blur is effective here to communicate. So hard sometimes to know what to do. My heart goes out to her...after all she is obviously just a kid. There is a genuine need there ...just complex in how to find what it is and meet it.
What a poignant statement you've made with your composition in so many ways. I find it interesting that people manage to ignore someone who they can actually see but feel guilty not donating to the floods in Pakistan, or the earthquake in Haiti or Darfur when they are all so far away.
This is a really good picture that really captures the feeling of this homeless kid with blurry people walking by trying not to notice, even as her sign says "please try to care"...I'm just as guilty of being one of the blurry people as everyone else. This picture is very striking to me.
I agree with Josh. You are so good at capturing emotion. However, I don't feel bad for not giving money to panhandlers because they are sometimes on every corner. It makes no sense to give everything I have and then go home and have nothing for my family. We give regularly to organizations that can help these people and I tell them I give to the places that can help you the most. So, I may be just a blur passing by them but I do care and do what I can in other ways.
@dmortega Thanks for your comment. I agree with wanting to help this situation through long term change for a majority of homeless. Talking to some people, they feel that some of the panhandlers have chosen this for a living and they , the blur passing by, have chosen not to support this lifestyle. Very interesting perspective. I am thinking about doing a short documentary film on this. Again I really appreciate your perspective.
@seattle --- Constance, some people do choose this as a means to earn a living and yes those that give them money are not only supporting the lifestyle, they are paying them to stand there and panhandle. There are corners that are more profitable and I've seen these people fighting over who's turn it is to stand there. It's tainted the whole issue for a lot of people. So, the safest and most direct help we can give is to support the organizations that help them and point those people to those organizations.
What a poignant shot, I like your title and it's true. I like to think I am a caring sharing sort of person but these folk I'm afraid often have a bad reputation so we don't give.
You managed to capture the way people travel throughout their daily routine oblivious of everybody and everything - each in their own worlds. Its a sad testimony to modern life.
November 2nd, 2010
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