Link: Formerly homeless photographer Robert Shults recently explained in a Q&A with PDN the ethical and esthetic challenges of photographing homeless people, and how photographers can approach the topic in ways that dignify the subjects and elicit empathy and deeper understanding on the part of viewers.
A Formerly Homeless Photographer on How to (and Not to) Photograph Homeless People – PDN Online Photographer Robert Shults, who was once homeless, explains the ethics of photographing homeless people, with good and bad examples of homelessness stories. via PDN Online: https://pdnonline.com/features/photographer-interviews/formerly-homeless-photographer-not-photograph-homeless-people/ Photographer Robert Shults, who was homeless and living on the streets for several…
A Photographer vs. the Lasers Robert Shults once slept on the streets, with the heavens as his only roof. Not long after, he wound up photographing scientists who study the stars. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/robert-shults-vs-the-lasers/ In 2001, the photographer Robert Shults was homeless, in Austin, Tex. He took shelter under whatever enclosure or overpass he…
I spent some time looking at the work of my reviewees prior to meeting with them, and I remember thinking that Robert Shults had an interesting perspective on architecture. Link: lenscratch: Robert Shults
