The Homeless Photo Booth Project

The basic idea for this project is for me to travel the country in a van, taking intimate portraits of homeless persons around the United States.

This project idea came to me following the death of my father, Robert J De Luca, who worked with the homeless, mentally ill, drug addicted, and poverty stricken his whole life. I want to travel the country and find out who "the homeless" really are. I will photograph each person individually, outside of their environment. The photo will be about their spirit, light, humor, and character!

My goals for this project are to publish a book of all the portraits, as well as have a show of the best shots in large photographic prints. I want to truly connect with and experience meeting the people who are in the portraits.

This project is going to take a long time, and a lot of money, but I am determined to follow through with it.

Experience

I have photographed people all over the United States and the world. My photos have been in BUST magazine, as well as in INKED magazine. I have worked as a staff photographer for THE ITHACA TIMES, and I have photographed people of all kinds on the streets of NYC and LOS ANGELES.

Please check out my work at the link below !

www.ameliaburns.com

Alos check out THE HOMELESS PHOTO BOOTH website, tumblr, and Facebook :

www.homelessphotobooth.com

http://thehomelessphotobooth.tumblr.com

www.facebook.com/TheHomelessPhotoBooth