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Members of Anchorage’s homeless community have a particularly difficult life. Alaska’s long, dark, and bitterly cold winters are challenging enough without the added hardship of doing without basic shelter.
With the blessings of Bean’s Cafe, a private facility that supplies shelter and meals to those in need, I began volunteering my time creating portraits of members of Anchorage’s homeless community. Over the past two years, I have produced over 450 portraits and have supplied prints to each of the participants.
The following portraits are a sample of the images produced to date. I hope you find these insightful. I hope, too, that you will make a contribution of time or cash to organizations in your community that help to feed, cloth, and shelter the homeless. Even more important, I hope that the next time you pass a homeless person you will consider him or her as a unique individual worthy of your thoughts and your prayers.
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