Can you tell someone is homeless by how they look?
Yesterday I was at a homeless shelter helping out on a program for volunteers. It's been a few months since I was there and there were a few physical changes in the building.
On one of the walls were black and white portraits of people who had something to do with the shelter. Some were residents, some were staff members and some were volunteers. No names or information was given about any of them. Here's a gallery of ten photos. Can you guess which ones are the homeless residents of the shelter?
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How do you think you did? Could you tell? No? How would you know? Not all people dealing with homelessness are the same. Everyone has a different story. That's the point.
This is part of the ongoing series Faces of Homelessness. You can see the entire series by clicking on either link.
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