I was extremely hungry in the middle of the night (I was still jet lag) so I wandered the streets looking for a late night restaurant. As I was walking back home, I saw this image that struck a chord in me and had to photograph it. There on the steps of the Printemps shopping center, lay a homeless couple with their arms around each other. This is their home...this is all they have. And separated by just glass is a completely different world consisting of the riches of Chanel, Givenchy, Hermes.
And above this homeless couple is a blowup advertisement of a model looking onward. Funny how we sometimes look past these homeless people, walking away quickly, ignoring them and avoiding eye contact to quickly pass this moment of awkwardness and live our own lives. I felt a bit of guilt as I did walk away to get to my warm hotel room, and my hunger satisfied.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment