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Posted by Betsy Barron (Chester Springs, PA, United States) on 16 August 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Battery Park.

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Comments (6)

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

Very sobering. Far cry from your shots of Wall St. I'll never forget travelling from New Orleans to NYC when I was a young teen in the mid-1960s. My aunt lived in Queens at the time. She was taking us around showing us the city, and we rode a bus past what I think was the Bowery or some area like Battery Park. It was early morning. There were homeless and what used to called "winos" in less PC days strewn all around, milling around, just getting up from sleeping on benches and in alleys. I'd never seen anything like that in America, and haven't since.

16 Aug 2007 11:43am

@Viewfinder: It was about 9am, and I do believe she was just resting a while, she had some grocery bags nearby... strange but I felt as though I should have woken her up and asked if I could take her picture! Instead I snapped away. Kind of...violating, don'tcha think?

pshorten from United States

The United States will be defined by how we care for our poorest and least able. Feels to me like we may be failing this person.

16 Aug 2007 12:25pm

Fred from Los Angeles, United States

Poor lady. I work in Santa Monica, which is known locally as 'the home of the homeless'. An awful lot of sadness everywhere you look. This is a very interesting shot, I'd love to know her story.

16 Aug 2007 6:01pm

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

I took a pic of a person sleeping once and you are right you feel weird about it! Great shot! I could use a few ZZZZ's right now too!

16 Aug 2007 9:46pm

Markus from Reading, United Kingdom

I agree with Viewfinder, very sobering indeed. She seems to be exhausted or crying. Very emotional!

16 Aug 2007 10:40pm

Y.M. from Linwood, NJ, United States

This is part of our lives, albeit seemingly sad -- but maybe not sad at all. Perhaps she needed to rest on her way home from shopping -- it's been incredibly hot weather too. Perhaps a bit intrusive to take her photo without asking, Y.D. would say not intrusive at all -- part of what's going on and a photographer's eye catches all. Love you,
Y.M.

22 Aug 2007 8:57pm

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