Jim & Crow
This was the second person I met yesterday also named Jim. He was about the same age as Jim in my previous image. Both friendly, polite approachable people yet how different their circumstances.
Jim has been homeless now for about eleven weeks. Originally from Edinburgh he came to the south about 14 years ago. He has a daughter who also lives in London called Abigail. Jim is pictured here with his dog called Crow. They sometimes will sleep in a hostel if they allow dogs if not Jim will sleep wherever he can find a warm location. Jim told me that the cost to stay in a hostel overnight is £12
Jim once appeared in the English film "Sexy Beast" which I seem to remember was about a bank robber, where he was a film extra appearing as a cycle courier.
I am in the process of looking for a sponsor so that I can exhibit these images of the homeless somewhere in London to raise awareness of the issues. To see the other images in this series go to www.flickr.com/photos/mark-edwards/sets/72157625055972331/
I was rapidly losing light when I took this shot so had to up my ISO. Also my camera metering was struggling as was my auto-focus so I took quite a few shots on manual focus and heavily used my EV exposure override.
Camera Canon EOS 5D
Exposure 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias -5/3 EV
Jim & Crow
This was the second person I met yesterday also named Jim. He was about the same age as Jim in my previous image. Both friendly, polite approachable people yet how different their circumstances.
Jim has been homeless now for about eleven weeks. Originally from Edinburgh he came to the south about 14 years ago. He has a daughter who also lives in London called Abigail. Jim is pictured here with his dog called Crow. They sometimes will sleep in a hostel if they allow dogs if not Jim will sleep wherever he can find a warm location. Jim told me that the cost to stay in a hostel overnight is £12
Jim once appeared in the English film "Sexy Beast" which I seem to remember was about a bank robber, where he was a film extra appearing as a cycle courier.
I am in the process of looking for a sponsor so that I can exhibit these images of the homeless somewhere in London to raise awareness of the issues. To see the other images in this series go to www.flickr.com/photos/mark-edwards/sets/72157625055972331/
I was rapidly losing light when I took this shot so had to up my ISO. Also my camera metering was struggling as was my auto-focus so I took quite a few shots on manual focus and heavily used my EV exposure override.
Camera Canon EOS 5D
Exposure 0.025 sec (1/40)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 24 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias -5/3 EV