Heart-Wrenching Portraits Reveal Childhood Dreams Of Homeless
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
Every person has a rich history made of thousands of stories and experiences. We’re often so busy wrapped up in the drama of our own lives it never occurs to us to consider the millions of untold tales we brush past each day in supermarket aisles, at work or on our streets.
Photographer Horia Manolache’s series of portraits takes a close and touching look at some of societies most invisible people, the homeless. The series features photographs of homeless people alongside their childhood aspirations.
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
“My project is about the dreams of the people who have forgotten to dream or couldn’t dream. They reached a moment in their life when they don’t have food, water, they don’t have a place to wash themselves, the bank took their house, their mind is unsettled from war horrors or they are wanted by police for an unpaid bill.” Says Manolanche.
The San Francisco based photographer said his goal of was “to show the homeless people in an unlikely approach and from an unlikely distance.” He hopes his work will change people’s attitude towards the common misperception that homeless people are “mentally ill or lazy”.
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
For the ‘dream’ section Manolanche sourced costumes while his wife assisted with hair and make up. His subjects were paid in kind. “Because I know this can be a concern, yes I helped the people I photographed as much as I could: food, money, places to sleep, clothing.”
Manolanche hopes to turn his efforts into a book. He has an Indiegogo page you can donate to. “I hope this book will help others to reflect on the homelessness problem.”
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
[Photo: Horia Manolache]
