# Beautiful pictures of American homeless people. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334 "2012-01-31T19:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/1 "2012-01-31T19:45:57Z")
While it is almost a modern clichee to photograph the withered faces of rugged sea men and farmers and old russian grandmothers, I still find these pictures very powerful. [Enjoy!](http://www.junkboulevard.com/hobo-life-in-america/) ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/2 "2012-01-31T21:03:45Z")
I don’t know much about art or photography. Heck, I can’t tell if those are drawn or photographed. I DO, however know that style is cliche (like you said).🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bilbo1967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bilbo1967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bilbo1967)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/3 "2012-01-31T21:45:04Z")
Wrinkles + black and white = arty farty bullshit. In this case though, its exploitative arty farty bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/4 "2012-01-31T21:46:21Z")
I think they were lovely. Sometimes things are cliché because they are good, and i guess this is an example of that. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/5 "2012-02-01T08:41:18Z")
Thank you **miss elizabeth**. If nothing else, the pictures could be illustrations for fairy tale books. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/6 "2012-02-01T09:15:54Z")
How’d a picture of me get in there?? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/7 "2012-02-01T11:38:24Z")
It would be nice to see the photographer get a little more credit than a link to “Source”. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/8 "2012-02-01T14:53:31Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > It would be nice to see the photographer get a little more credit than a link to “Source”. I agree. The photographer is Lee Jeffries. [Here](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/26/portraits-of-the-homeless-by-lee-jeffries/#1)are some more pictures by him, and an interview in Time magazine. . ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beautiful-pictures-of-american-homeless-people/611334/9 "2012-02-01T15:35:15Z")
I think they are wonderful. It’s like you can really look folks in the eye and get a sense of them. Some sorrowful, some gleeful, some just exhausted.