21.Downtown1.WDC.11dec05
Street Life . Sunday Photo Walk . Downtown . 11th Street and New York Avenue, NW . WDC . Sunday afternoon, 11 December 2005
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There were several homeless men sitting on the various benches in this park. I'd mention to this man that since the fall of 2004 I had been photographing the 1101 New York Avenue block www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/sets/846734/ which is situated behind him. And though, in the past, and out of respect for the subjects, I had not photographed any of the homeless men and women who congregate in this particular park I now plan to introduce myself to them with hopes of capturing them in conjunction with my ongoing documentation of the redvelopment of the 1001 New York Avenue complex.
My memories of this park date back to the fall of 1972 when I'd catch trhe Greyhound bus from Southern Maryland to Washington DC to join friends who lived in College Park and who attended the University of Maryland.
Staying with them in College Park, over the weekend, we would visit the gay bars on 9th Street and go dancing gay dance clubs in SW and SE, The Pier 9 and The Lost and Found in, respectively.
Since the late 80's and through much of the 90's, in the fall and spring of the year, I would visit the uniform store at the corner of 11th and I Street where is where I'd purchase my seasonal supply of chef aprons for catering.
In photographing the redevelopment of the 1101 New York Avenue complex not only will I continue to focus on the architectural changes as well as the construction workers but, perhaps, so as to shed light on the issue of gentrification I have a responsibilty to document and capture the homeless people who congregate, sleep, and live in the park.
Once I got closer to this gentleman and would take some up-close shots of him I would learn that this man goes by Big Country.
To learn more about Big Country visit www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/73732822/.
Street Life series
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography
21.Downtown1.WDC.11dec05
Street Life . Sunday Photo Walk . Downtown . 11th Street and New York Avenue, NW . WDC . Sunday afternoon, 11 December 2005
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There were several homeless men sitting on the various benches in this park. I'd mention to this man that since the fall of 2004 I had been photographing the 1101 New York Avenue block www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/sets/846734/ which is situated behind him. And though, in the past, and out of respect for the subjects, I had not photographed any of the homeless men and women who congregate in this particular park I now plan to introduce myself to them with hopes of capturing them in conjunction with my ongoing documentation of the redvelopment of the 1001 New York Avenue complex.
My memories of this park date back to the fall of 1972 when I'd catch trhe Greyhound bus from Southern Maryland to Washington DC to join friends who lived in College Park and who attended the University of Maryland.
Staying with them in College Park, over the weekend, we would visit the gay bars on 9th Street and go dancing gay dance clubs in SW and SE, The Pier 9 and The Lost and Found in, respectively.
Since the late 80's and through much of the 90's, in the fall and spring of the year, I would visit the uniform store at the corner of 11th and I Street where is where I'd purchase my seasonal supply of chef aprons for catering.
In photographing the redevelopment of the 1101 New York Avenue complex not only will I continue to focus on the architectural changes as well as the construction workers but, perhaps, so as to shed light on the issue of gentrification I have a responsibilty to document and capture the homeless people who congregate, sleep, and live in the park.
Once I got closer to this gentleman and would take some up-close shots of him I would learn that this man goes by Big Country.
To learn more about Big Country visit www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/73732822/.
Street Life series
Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography