Photographer Uncovers A Host Of Obamavilles In Nearby Baltimore

The Secluded Homeless Camps Of Baltimore

 

 

Photo Credit: Ben Marcin

 

” During the hunting season, Ben Marcin likes to hike on the edge of Baltimore’s woodlands. That’s where he discovered the city’s secluded homeless camps; makeshift dwellings for locals who choose to live off the grid but close to roadways and shopping centers. 

  Marcin is no stranger to documenting solitude in the built environment. So he decided to find as many of these as possible, putting together a photo project called Camps. Similar to Last House Standing, in which the photographer captured lonely rowhouses around the Mid-Atlantic, Marcin shot the dwellings without the dwellers themselves.

  While Baltimore’s solitary rowhouses often symbolize neighborhood decline and the dedication of those who remain, Camps shows a different kind of loneliness – the section of Baltimore’s homeless population that feels uncomfortable using city-provided shelters. Instead, these residents choose to carve out their own lives using whatever materials they can find.

  The results are fascinating. As Marcin notes, no two shelters look the same, and each one reflects the user’s possessions, needs, and creativity. Some are no more than a bed under a roadway, others have their own roofs with facades built entirely of old doors or milk crates. “

 

Read more here and see more of Mr Marcin’s photos here 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Photo Gallery Of L.A.’s Obamavilles

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21 Photos

 

 

Homeless people rest on a public sidewalk in Skid Row on Feb. 28, 2013.

Homeless In NYC

New York City Leads Jump in Homeless

 

 

 

” More than 21,000 children—an unprecedented 1% of the city’s youth—slept each night in a city shelter in January, an increase of 22% in the past year, the report said, while homeless families now spend more than a year in a shelter, on average, for the first time since 1987. In January, an average of 11,984 homeless families slept in shelters each night, a rise of 18% from a year earlier

“New York is facing a homeless crisis worse than any time since the Great Depression,” said Mary Brosnahan, president of the Coalition for the Homeless.”

 

 

See also :

 

Inside City Shelters, Looking for Ways Out

 

 

 

 

 

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• New York’s Homelessness Worst Since The Great Depression (zerohedge.com)
• NYC Smashes Homelessness Record (breitbart.com)
• Homeless Shelter Population Reaches Record 50,000 (nbcnewyork.com)
• New York’s Homelessness Worst Since The Great Depression (rvnewstoday.com)

 

 

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