Image by Christine Renney
Curt comes from Birmingham but has been living rough in the Milton Keynes area for five years. What you see is his home – he apologised to me for it being a bit messy. I apologised to him because I have let him down by not shouting louder.
Image by Christine Renney
Image by Christine Renney
Image by Christine Renney
This image is not sharp, I know, but then I thought well many of us do not see the homeless and poor – they hover in the periphery of our vision, physical and mental, and so if they are not clear we can ignore them.
Image by Christine Renney
It was a delight to hear him play the violin – a really lovely man whose luck seems to have run out on him. But his smile for the child is heartwarming.
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Same shit, different day.
Image by Christine Renney 2015
Image by Christine Renney 2015
When I spoke with Daniel he told me that he had been homeless for some six weeks – I didn’t say anything but I have noticed that this the time period so many homeless people give. I think it is because they do not want me to feel that they are no-hopers, that they haven’t tried hard enough, that if they tell me they have been on the streets for months I will believe them to be useless. And of course, to tell me would be to tell themselves, over and over again.
Image by Christine Renney 2015
I took this photo on arriving at Southend and on our return to the car this young man was still in the same place. It was New Year’s Eve and absolutely freezing. I had a chat with him – he told me that he had been homeless for some time following falling into arrears with his rent. He admitted that he had not been as responsible as he should have been. However, I have been irresponsible many times but am fortunate enough to have had a strong safety net around me. Clearly he has not.
Image by Christine Renney 2015
Spartan Eye 