Homeless Please Help is a photograph by Sarah Loft which was uploaded on April 22nd, 2013.
Homeless Please Help
A number of homeless men take shelter in the tunnel from Overlook Terrace leading into the A train subway in upper Manhattan. I had never seen this... more
by Sarah Loft
Title
Homeless Please Help
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Altered Photograph
Description
A number of homeless men take shelter in the tunnel from Overlook Terrace leading into the A train subway in upper Manhattan. I had never seen this individual before. After I snapped the photo, it seemed to me he was much too still, so I went over and shook his shoulder and asked if he was alright. He told me "I'm fine, just tired." He had fallen sound asleep as he was peeling an orange and so "froze" into the position I captured.
Featured in the Street Photography group, March 2014.
Featured in the People group, August 2014.
Uploaded
April 22nd, 2013
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Comments (29)
Dimi Roida
Heartbreaking.... well done Sarah!!! This photo is the epitome of art. You brought up the cruel face of societal inequalities in a very humane manner. As Paul Klee said: “The beautiful, which is perhaps inseparable from art, is not after all tied to the subject, but to the pictorial representation. In this way and in no other does art overcome the ugly without avoiding it.”
Skip Willits
Extroardinary work. I have seen this scene so many times in the city and is sad each time. Rough streets for some.
Joe Jake Pratt
Sarah, I've too, been doing a lot of street photography for the last few months. I see these homeless people, and 'picture' them. Usually I am not in a position to talk to them - most are done while driving by. Sometimes I give some money or just talk, or silently pray.
Sarah Loft replied:
It's hard, but I think they need to be photographed. I do a lot of the silently praying thing too. Thanks for sharing, Joe.
Robyn King
Heartbreaking portrait, outstanding street photography Sarah .. Congratulations on your sale well deserved:-)
Music of the Heart
This is such a powerful and sad photograph. You captured and image that grips the heart.
Frank Winters
A heartbreaking image but well captured, rendered, Sarah. L/F and featured in Street Photography.