
The Homeless Photographer (2019)
Photography
Memories of a homeless man with a camera.
'This book cradles the memories of a homeless man with a camera — pictures that tell the story of a young immigrant who leaves a broken home to find a better one and discover himself in a foreign world, only for the path to unfold into isolation, mental health struggles, and eventually three years of homelessness. Throughout the journey, a camera remained his only loyal companion, and he captured moments from the passing world around him, only later realising the lens was capturing his subconscious reality.
At its heart, this story focuses on survival — rebuilding identity from nothing, turning loneliness into art, and seeing colour even in the dark.'
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Excerpt from the book:
Ironically, upon finishing this book, I realized that the last chapter in it, which I happened to title ‘Click’ and whose two parts consist of ‘bad’ and ‘good’ days, ended up on page number 204, corresponding with the apartment number of my very first own home after surviving homelessness just as if my tedious life during that very long and tiresome journey only transformed within a ‘click’ of a camera… the tricks of the universe are mad and beautiful as is, indeed.
THOUGHTS




Home




Time
PRESENCE




Solitude




Company




Suffering
FEELINGS




Consolation
SURVIVAL




Others




Instinct
PATIENCE




Bordeom




Bliss
CLICK




Bad Days




Good Days




