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Exploratory Findings:Poverty, Social Exclusion and Homelessness
Maria Mc Cabe
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The following photos were taken as part of research
into poverty, social exclusion and homelessness in
Ireland. The observation point here is from within
the car. The location is a popular gathering spot for
Derrys street drinkers.
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These next photos were taken as part of a concept
shoot. I wanted to demonstrate a differnt side
of homelessness; the hidden homeless, by using
a young female character. I shot the photos at
night so I could take full advantage of artificial
lighting effetcs and exposure experimentation.
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On a recent trip to Dublin, I witnessed quite a few
people begging on the streets. The descriptions of
these characters were complex ranging from young to
old, male to female and Irish to foreign. By altering the
shutter speed with these shots I was able to achieve
some interesting photo dynamics that captured the
citys fast paced lifestyle.
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I shot another concept idea which I decided to use
in the advertising for Crisis. I implemented a reverse
psychology approach by presenting the well-off as
homeless characters. I set up three stereotype scenes;
begging, eating lunch from a bin and rough sleeping. I
placed my two characters in these scenarios in public
so we could reap natural, shocked reactions from on-
lookers. I have tweaked the fill lights, the blacks and
the colour balance of these photographs to give them
an eye-catching advertising look.
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I ventured down to Dublin again to photograph these
scenes outside the Capuchin Monks Day Centre for
the poor and homeless. Every Wednesday morning
free food parcels are handed out from 10 oclock.
The queue here lasted for 2 hours and stretched
all the way from Bow St. to up around the corner
at Smithfields. When talking to another on-looker,
she said that the queues never used to be as long
and only consisted of the very needy. But because
of the current economic crisis, people out of work
and desperate are turning up in the hundreds.
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