Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

We had a light snowfall the previous evening and the morning was cold. When I saw this gentleman sleeping under a tarp on the streets, I wondered how cold his feet must be. I made the image, then walked to the market and bought the thickest, warmest socks available. I then delivered them, and went about my way, street shooting.

Bubbee Loc: Aventura, Florida

Heartwarming (as well as feet)...

flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT

Kudos to you. I worked at a homeless shelter for a couple of years in New Haven and our most donated items were socks.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

Very kind of you, especially for such an ugly a$$ed pair of feet.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Great image!!!!!
on the socks

traderjohn Loc: New York City

That must have been a tough gig. What percentage, do you think. of the homeless problem is created by mental illness?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice street shot! Nice gesture!

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great B&W.

williejoha

Thanks for providing too him what was needed.
WJH

flip1948 Loc: Hamden, CT

It wasn't really that bad.

I didn't really keep statistics as there were a number of reasons they were there and many were unrelated to the "lazyness" that some unfeeling individuals would like to label them.

Mental illness was probably way down on the list. Some had problems with drug addiction, some had just been released from jail while others had been hard workers who had suddenly lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

The point is very few of them were satisfied with being homeless or living in a shelter and did all they could to change that. I used to get calls from landscaping companies during the winter looking for snow shovelers. You wouldn't believe how fast the sign-up sheet would fill up once I made the announcement.

One of the shoveling jobs was to go to one of the Casinos here in CT and shovel snow from the roof, dump it off the edge to the ground where others would shovel it again. It was a cold and thankless job, but they were happy to do it.

I just tried to treat them with a modicum of respect, the same way I would treat any other person I might meet. I still run into many of them today. Most of them have managed to get their own places to live and are doing relatively well. Nobody wants to be homeless or live in a shelter. The most common phrase I used to hear was, "When I get a place..."

Vlemasters

I used to work in a homeless shelter. Most of the homeless have some kind of option if they really wanted out. Sounds cruel but I don’t mean it to be. It’s just a lifestyle they choose to live. It has been said a very high percentage of homeless have mental health problems.

ski Loc: West Coast, USA

Dems r ugly

Bill_de Loc: US

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HRoss Loc: Longmont, CO

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Good for you! BTW, good shot.

Don