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Amy Gaskin

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Living Rough

James and his dog Joseph: James initially wanted only to be photographed acting like a homeless person.with all of his stuff on the ground under the big tree. He wanted me to shoot down on him, but I did not agree. He later wanted to be photographed

Julius was very private and never said where he stayed. He had lots of jewelry he seemed to collect. I could not find him again after this photo was taken.

Eric was one of the youngest. He didn’t want to be photographed for about 3 weeks. Then one day, he said he wanted to do it. He never said why. He had an older fellow at the beach whom he called his Street Dad and a portrait was also done with him.

Mowgli and kitten: Mowgli had recently traded a shirt for his knit hat in this picture. He was proud of his hat. Upon later seeing this photo, he cried saying that he didn’t know he looked like this because he hadn’t seen himself in a mirror for mon

Julio was a self-proclaimed leader at the beach. One of his best friends, Bill, had recently passed away in the public bathroom stall where he lived at night. Julio and another friend, Paul, knocked on the door, and alerted the cleaning crew early i

Jay was an excellent rollerblader and would use his foodstamps to buy pizza for the group. He had a carefree spirit. Shortly after this picture was taken, friends said he left the beach to rollerblade across America.

Gigi Marie. Several days after this picture was taken, I saw her at night after she had been badly beaten. She declined any help. I never saw her again.

Street Dad Bob. He said he watched out for the kids on the beach. Eric considered Street Dad Bob to be his street dad.

Froot Loops Laughing: Froot Loops never gave his real name. He was a happy go lucky guy, but very private. He hung out several blocks away from the main group, but knew them.