American homeless
20. Jul, 2008 
18 Comments
These pictures with American homeless are not funny! But iI put them here because George Bush is visiting Funatiq.com everyday and maybe he will see them and do something for these people…
It’s a joke of course, but someone should do something for these people…
First picture is with an American homeless girl…
They read 1984 by George Orwell…nice…
Some homeless men…
A homeless singer…
They are sleeping…
Some homeless women…
She is a beautiful woman…
Smoking is not good…
I guess this man is drunk…
A homeless boy…
He is on the train…
Just the legs…
A sleeping man…
Again some homeless people…
Near a nice fire…
They are singing…
She has a nice blue dress…
Nice tatoo…
They have a dog…
I like the parrot…
A homeless young man…
This woman looks interesting…
She looks nice…
He has some books…
He is old…
This is a very old fridge…
These people look really poor to me…
These men seem to be really sad…
I have no idea why they killed that raccoon… food?…
Two homeless women…
And finally an unhappy homeless woman…
gross get a life
omfg Stacey, you get a life. If you don’t like it then don’t frekin’ look at it.
How about you do something better with your time then make idiotic comments?
amazing pictures, some.. and sad too… so much trouble in the world!!!
Beautiful pictures, excellent work. One thing, however. That isn’t a raccoon, it’s a possum. The most likely reason for them killing it is food (possibly for the dog), but a reason for a great deal of homelessness is mental illness. However, since there is a dog present and seemingly well-cared for, I doubt it is mental illness.
Good pictures but these guys look like they want to be homeless. They pay way too much attention to style.
I’m interested in finding out how or where you got theses pics from. I work w/ the homeless for a living.
Very moving photos. If you can get 20 times as much, and could collect a little bit of their stories (four or five sentences), this is publishable work! Very sad and inspiring at the same time. Freedom or doom? Reminds me of the movie, ‘into the wild’.
I can’t get over how personal these pictures seem. This is really great work…
Nice pictures, really well taken. Do you know where these people are from? They look really interesting
These are fantastic pictures but like McGruder said it seems like some of them want to be homeless, like modern day gypsies. Beautiful either way.
I really liked this. You did a very good job of capturing both the old (which people are used to seeing homeless) and the youth of homeless people in America. You should be proud of this collection! I’ll be proud to share it
thanks again excellent work!
oh my
I’ve been staring at the girl in the picture named “beautiful homeless woman” for hours now. She is so unbelievably lovely, I just can’t express it. I’d give up everything for a chance of at least chatting with her…
On the other note, what percentage of american homeless actually do choose such lifestyle?
I am doing a pastel drawing of the girl with the parrot. i would really love to know where the pictures were taken!
This has Pacific NW all over it.
Whereas I don’t know the exact location of the shots, I have been informed from one person that he recognized one girl who was interviewed in a tv show about homeless people in Seattle.
You’ll find folks like this everywhere North of Eugene, OR and south of Everett, WA. If you’re a photographer/artist/writer/whatever, try: Eugene, OR, Portland, OR, Olympia, WA, and Seattle, WA.
Some of the train hopping folks have links with Crimethinc and other proponents of ‘alternative living’. See http://www.crimethinc.com/books/evasion.html and similar publications.
This really makes me want to be homeless for several years.
This is excellent work. You have a wonderful vision. I am 16 and I live in an area with a lot of homeless. I’ve befriended quite a few of them and they are vastly interesting people. We’re not at all well off but I help them where I can and offer them my prayers. On Thursday nights a group gets together near where I live and have a kind of sunday school meeting. I gave them the bible that they use. Anyway the point of this is that you have caught the essence of them wonderfully. There are a few of these that remind me of my friends (In particular, the one of the very pretty lady with the nose ring- she works with my mother now and we get together quite often) and they made me cry a bit. Keep up the good work, and you should look into a follow up with these people.
WTF? Besides the homeless man, none of those kids looked like they were REALLY needy, as in: no family, mental illness, runaways from abuse, etc.
The were all “travelin’” kids. Punk rock hippies who live that way based on political ideology and not forced need. Perhaps a few had little other options, but most of them looked like their situation was by choice.
Just sayin’.
these people aren’t mentally ill..this is a lifestyle and it’s not sad at all.
And also, you can direct your compliments to the actual photographer (who should be credited here!) Mike Brodie aka The Polaroid Kidd. He doesn’t have a website anymore but it’s easy to find more of his work.