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Hobo photo story - who shot these?
David Guralnick, Photographer
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Detroit | MI | USA | Posted: 10:47 PM on 10.09.07 |
->> I just stumbled across these images of someone who spent time with a group of young hobos. Anyone know who shot these?
http://tinyurl.com/yroefg |
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Jason Hirschfeld, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Norfolk | VA | U.S. | Posted: 11:03 PM on 10.09.07 |
->> Not sure who, but they are fascinating!
One thing disturbs me though; the dog's in some of the photos. It really bothers me when I see homeless (or Hobo's) people with pets. If they can't take care of themselves, how can they take care of a pet?!
Other than that, they're powerful images... |
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Ric Tapia, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 11:12 PM on 10.09.07 |
->> David,
Thanks for the link. Cool Photos. |
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N. Scott Trimble, Photographer
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Lake Oswego | OR | USA | Posted: 11:13 PM on 10.09.07 |
->> jason,
You have to see "A Boy and his Dog," Then you will know the answer to that question. : ) |
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Matthew Rosenberg, Photographer
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Charlottesville | VA | United States | Posted: 11:31 PM on 10.09.07 |
->> I give him credit for just putting up with the smell.
-Matt |
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Jody Gomez, Photographer
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Murrieta | CA | USA | Posted: 12:44 AM on 10.10.07 |
->> I don't think they're homeless as opposed to hobos. Homeless live on the streets and hobos live in shacks, jump trains, and travel. It looks like they have some sort of income because they have booze, cigarettes, and seem well enough fed...
But what do I know?
The images are compelling, and that I do know.
:~) |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 9:17 AM on 10.10.07 |
| ->> What a terrible way to live. Gives one pause about a society that can't give a helping hand to young cast outs. Hats off to the photographer who opened a window to the life of some who are ignored by many. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 9:31 AM on 10.10.07 |
->> Sure these aren't just folks headed to Burning Man? :-)
Good photos... |
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Bob Ford, Photographer
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Lehighton | Pa | USA | Posted: 9:51 AM on 10.10.07 |
->> Walter, it doesn't sound like the people are forced to live like this, it sounds like they made a choice to live this way.
From the link Greg Foster posted it says, "Born in Arizona, but spending most of his childhood in Pensacola, Brodie left home at eighteen to travel around America via the railways and soon found himself photographing the variety of people he came in contact with."
You might think it's a terrible way to live, and I certainly wouldn't want to live this way, but it looks like they do. |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 9:57 AM on 10.10.07 |
->> Bob
Are you sure. Many children living on the street are victims of physical and sexual abuse at home. In their despair they turn to drugs and alcohol, while trying to find a life on the streets. |
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Bob Ford, Photographer
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Lehighton | Pa | USA | Posted: 10:13 AM on 10.10.07 |
->> No, Walter, I'm not sure, that's why I said in my post that "it doesn't sound like..."
Are you SURE that these people want a helping hand?
You say that "Many children living on the street...", but the photographer who took these photos, according to the bio posted left home when he was 18, not as a child.
Obviously I don't know the whole story, and I assume you don't know the whole story, so neither of us should jump to any conclussions. |
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Amir Gamzu, Photographer
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Ann Arbor | MI | USA | Posted: 10:50 AM on 10.10.07 |
->> It's great to see that people are moved by these images. It is also very interesting to see the opinions people have in the comments section on the page with the images.
We should not assume we can know the people in the images. It is as likely that they have been pushed to live like this as it is they choose to live like this.
In the area I live (Ann Arbor) I know that the punk sub-culture attempts to reject modern American society. There is something held here annually called punk-week. It draws many people who look just like the people in these pictures, most in a state that many would consider homelessness, but they certainly would not. They are very much like the American Gypsies and a few other groups who live on the outskirts of our society. |
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Jamie Roper, Photographer
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San Francisco | CA | United States | Posted: 3:11 PM on 10.10.07 |
->> i'm kicking myself for forgetting to attend the gallery closing of those images last month out here in SF. really nice stuff.
that said, the best shots i've seen of train hoppers, hobos, are the ones they shoot themselves on crappy disposable cameras. really sweet stuff.
i'll post shots of my own train hopping adventure last summer with the inimitable Missouri Matt soon... |
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Michael Fischer, Photographer
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Spencer | Ia | USA | Posted: 4:54 PM on 10.10.07 |
->> I'm with Walter and Amir on this one. While on the surface it may appear to be a choice, my instinct is that it's anything but in some cases.
Sounds like the story is far from complete. |
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David Guralnick, Photographer
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Detroit | MI | USA | Posted: 5:06 PM on 10.10.07 |
| ->> The only thing apparent to me is that the images are shot in such a way that they don't seem to make any statement or comment, or opinion, about the lifestyle. The fact that there's this debate going on about how or why they live this way, is a testiment to the photographer, I believe. If Brodie felt that they were all bums (or the opposite), I'm sure that it would be obvious in the images. |
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Thomas Boydston, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Georgetown | Tx | United States | Posted: 5:25 PM on 10.10.07 |
->> I definitely agree with David.
I think they were shot in a really amazing way. It might be a lack of professional training or just the photographer being accustomed to this style of life, but either way I think they are very honest and just show the lifestyle as it really is in an unbiased manner.
Amazing story either way. |
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