Shawntay Mandala She lives in the tent

She lives in the tent next to her two cousins now

these I work on late at night in complete silence

long before the advent of Photoshop

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Prints are made on heavy watercolor paper

Shawntay Mandala She lives in the tentShawntay has been on the streets for the past six years. She was fifteen when her foster mother died and no one else in the family would take her in. She lives in the tent next to her two cousins now, who are also homeless. This image is from a series of portraits of people living on the street in Los Angeles. My goal is to create a hardcover, fine art photography book aimed at transforming the perception of homeless people from alienation to