Eyes of the Street International
Eyes of the Street is all about ‘grassroots up’ photography, a simple concept to enable those who otherwise would not have the opportunity, to show images of their lives to the rest of the world. This is how it works: hand out disposable camera’s to people who live on the street and ask them to take pictures of their lives. The images that are produced this way show us a unknown world. Why? Can’t one send a ‘real’ photographer out on an assignment to take pictures of the homeless? Yes, and it has been done many times. Great shots have been taken, but they lack the intimacy and the perspective of the homeless people themselves. Their snapshots and first-class artwork, are the real deal if you want to see what they see, experience and find interesting. Very direct and without scrupulence, their cheap disposable cameras open up a world that goes way beyond the cliché of the image of the suffering we often take for granted.
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