'As a photographer, I needed to capture what I was seeing…The conflict was real,' the 81-year-old photographer says.
For years, street photographer Irving Greines avoided documenting homeless people feeling that taking photos is intrusive and exploitative. Eventually, though, he felt compelled to document the growing unhoused population.
Greines says he set rules. Taking the opposite approach to most people; he opted to communicate and interact with all the homeless people he came across. He also promised himself to never profit from the images. However, engagement is not always possible. Sadly, homelessness is associated with mental health issues, drug addiction, and veterans suffering from PTSD; among other ailments.
“I use only one lens because I feel that having more than one lens impedes the fluidity needed in an active street environment. I make my one-lens set up work, and I use my feet as my zoom.”Greines understands why some people object to his documentary project and says he refrained from capturing homelessness for years because of the same ethical issues.
“I wrestled with these concerns for years before commencing the project. For reasons I’ll never completely understand, I crossed the Rubicon many years ago, after years of restraining.”
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