My first reaction to your comment is incredulity ... you are seemingly ignorant of the ways and situations of the homeless and impoverished. These people get cast off and donated goods at various rescue missions ... clothing, food, and the like. That doesn't mean that they have much, if any support system. Do you think these people go out and buy $100.00 pairs of shoes and $50.00 rucksacks? And, what's wrong with a poor person shining his shoes, and trying to keep what little he has in good repair. In fact, they have to keep what they have in good repair because there's no way they can go out and buy a replacement easily and quickly.
I've donated down jackets, expensive shirts, good quality pants, shoes, and the like to various missions and shelters. Haven't you? What might you think of the guy begging on the street who was wearing my Cole Hahn shoes and North Face down jacket ... that he was some well-off fellow just trying to earn a few extra bucks to send his kids to Harvard? I guess these few pics taken in San Francisco have done their job ... stirring up a little controversy, getting people to discuss, even on a superficial level, the situation and realities of the poor and the homeless, and maybe getting a few people to think. wendy beard wrote: > > At 11:40 PM 08/03/2004, Shel wrote: > > >Another proof print, again, taken in San Francisco on > >Thursday. It's just an experimental type of portrait. > > > >http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/images/any-help.html > > The first thing that struck me was how incredibly shiny his shoes were. > This then made me wonder why somebody as apparently well-dressed as that > with a smart looking rucksack by his side was begging.
