RON HENGGELER

January 23, 2022

Photographing the Architecture of Homelessness in San Francisco

Most of these photos were taken since the beginning of this new year.

For the past 25 years, the city has become well-known for its large homeless population.

The number of people living on the streets has grown considerably since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March 2020. 

All of the photos were taken while driving around San Francisco, and most of the photos were taken while I was stopped at an intersection, waiting for the light to change.

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. 

Maya Angelou

 

 

Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being homeless is like living in a post-apocalyptic world. You're on the outskirts of society. 

Frank Dillane

 

 

 

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow.

Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

Eminem

 

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly. 

F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peace, that was the other name for home.

 Kathleen Norris

 

 

 

 

Home, the spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest. 

Robert Montgomery

 

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him. 

Jack Kerouac

 

 

 

 

 

Where thou art, that is home. 

Emily Dickinson

 

 

 

Seven out of ten Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. 

Pras Michel

 

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