Laundry Liz, Coming Up For Air.

Human, compassionate, survivor, courageous, brave, intelligent, artist, musician, follower of God, friendly, funny, thinker, out of the box, tap dancer ,clothing maker, interesting and an all around fantastic person..

 

I met Laundry Liz, a name we both agreed on , down at the washmat in town a few weeks ago. She had this crazy vintage looking bicycle on the back of her van and I had to know who's it was so I asked her.. We ended up talking for quite a while about everything and everything. Slowly over time she told me just about her whole story , which parts of it are hard to hear and harder to imagine and digest.

 

A week or so ago I asked her if I could photograph her for a project of mine , she agreed , we continued to talk and I got to know her even better, ups and downs, struggles, hopes and dreams, regrets and precious memories she has.

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After some some serious dental work she decided on having her dentures made Her way, green glitter gums, a diamond and a peace sign in the front. Just one of the gems that make her up as a person.

 

Homeless , living in her van , working in town , saving money, taking care of her Dog, eating best she can and getting it all back together, she has more guts and courage than most people I know. I have a ton of respect for her in that way.

 

I shot this portrait of her to portray coming up for air through the bokeh as its the sense I get from her. No quit and aiming up through struggles that would drown most of us. This is just one of the images I took of her the other day and I think it symbolizes what shes going through right now best.

 

Model release Signed.

 

Nikon Nikkor-O 35mm F2. Wide Open

 

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