$2 Portraits
July 22nd 2008 07:34 am
I have been playing with the idea of expanding my categories by adding two more of my passions, photography and film. I am breaking into the photography category with a Flickr set from one of my favorite photographers, Thomas Hawk, who is also a founder of Zooomr. $2 Portraits is a project that Hawk undertook a few months ago when he realized how vain he was acting by ignoring a homeless person. More of a compassionate human than I, Hawk decided to change his way while pushing his photography in a new direction. Hawk has vowed to give two dollars to any homeless person who asks for change in exchange for the opportunity to photograph them and hear their story. Though this project was criticized by a few early on, it seems that most comments he receives are in support for it.
In and Internet full of constant pestering distractions, Thomas Hawk’s $2 Portrait photo set is one place I continuously go back to.