One Bike, No Home

With the help of Operation Nightwatch, I am privileged to be able to spend time with homeless people in the Portland area.  One of my personal goals is to understand more about life on the streets, why people end up on the street and what is their life like.  As you can imagine it is …

Portraits of the Homeless

Before I started capturing images for Operation Nightwatch I had little idea of the homeless people in our community beyond the obvious perspective of seeing them living and sleeping rough and experiencing the panhandling for money.  My perspective was shaped by my distant impression, distant because I couldn’t describe my interactions deeper than passing by …

Operation Nightwatch

Operation Nightwatch (ON) is a Portland, OR based not for profit providing hospitality to those in need.  Gary Davis, their Director, talks about the difference between serving the homeless and providing hospitality and it is an important distinction.  You don’t have to be homeless to need hospitality.  I found the following definition of hospitality describes …