Homeless couples tell their love stories in the Guardian

My project with Candice Pires about love on the streets was published by the Guardian US as part of their one of a kind series on the homeless crisis here on the West Coast called “Outside in America”. Proud to be involved and grateful to the couples who shared their love stories with us.

“Being homeless has taught us how to be a lot more vulnerable with each other, and that’s allowed us to work through some of our communication problems. We’ve gone through so much together now that we know we’ll always be there for each other in the future. One of the most difficult things about being homeless and in a relationship is not having privacy. Our tent is next to other people’s and we don’t want them to hear us so we’ve sometimes avoided issues until they explode.” -Aleesa Christopher, Camp Second Chance, Seattle

Read their stories here.

Christopher and Jackie, Camp Second Chance, Seattle, Washington

Brian and Melissa, Hazelnut Grove, Portland, Oregon

Aleesa and Hunnie, Camp Second Chance, Seattle, Washington

Lakenya and William, Camp Second Chance, Seattle, Washington

Notions of Home Exhibition at PCNW

My series on homeless couples is featured in the “Notions of Home” exhibition at Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, Washington.

September 14 – December 10, 2017

Opening Reception: September 14, 6-8pm

Photographic Center Northwest

900 12th Avenue

Seattle, WA 98122

Curated by Michelle Dunn Marsh

www.pcnw.org

Notions of Home speaks to the complex realities of what home means for each individual, within our city, and in America today. “Home” encompasses a sense of identity that could be formed by blood, tribe, race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, or statehood; a geographic environment; a physical structure; our planet, and so much more. As many in our city face a scarcity of affordable living, or a change in paperwork and policies affecting their ability to call a place home, we look to photography to do what it does best: engage, reveal, provoke, and elucidate various viewpoints on this topic.

Featured Notions of Home artists include:

Corey Arnold, Will Austin, Tim Barney, Zack Bent,  Erin Elyse Burns, Elinor Carruci, Adrain Chesser, Neil Chowdury, Annabel Clark, Elliott Erwitt, Joe Freeman, Paulo Gonzales, Cian Hayes, Daniel Hawkins, Thomas Holton, Eirik Johnson, Hiroyo Kaneko, Lisa Kereszi, Natalie Krick, Harini Krishnamurthy, Chris Letcher, Emily Hanako Momohara, Annie Marie Musselman, Canh Nguyen, Anna Ream, Jenny Riffle, Serrah Russell, Ross Sawyers, Rafael Soldi, María Sprowls, Peggy Washburn, Eva Sköld Westerlind, and others.