Homeless Signs . Pentagram Papers

Foreword by Joe Ely
"No one is really homeless. Home has always been a place of refuge inside oneself. But fear and anxiety can lead a drifter away from that refuge and on to a life of desperation. What is said on the signs is rarely the truth. Few could bear the truth. What is said is an advertisement. That life is hard. That bad luck happens. That wrong turns have been made. That survival itself is a realization of the need to be awake." (click for the rest)

Portraits by Michael O'Brien

Oscar Palacios

Fernie Walker

William Langley

Paul Rance

Roy Caldwell

Gary Fauries


Stephen Blair

Signs photographed by Randal Ford

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