http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/ Skid Row | Portrait - Recent Comments Recent visitor comments from Portrait| Los Angeles Skid Row's daily photoblog. Portrait| Los Angeles Skid Row en Copyright 2009 Portrait| Los Angeles Skid Row http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=1456791 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=1#c1456791 Sarah (United States) I stared at this photo with great sadness in my heart. This is definitely a moving photo. So sad.

]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:20:32 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=1456790 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=1#c1456790 MattMc (United States) I just watched the movie "The Soloist" which peaked my interest in the homeless situation in America. Your blog provides a view into an existence that most of us refuse to look in the eye. Thank you for sharing your images and words.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:36:00 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=1456789 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=1#c1456789 pastor Troy Sowell (United States) Pray for me, as I begin my work to rescue men and women on skid row.

]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:52:47 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-19.html?comment=648341 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-19.html?comment=1#c648341 greg reed (United States) i just found out my mom has been living in skid row hotels for the last 10 years.
i havent seen here in 37 years im getting close to finding her
if you knew my life story and to find out that my mom is somewere in skid row
you would hopefully want to help me find my mom and write a book please call me xxx-xxx-xxxx greg

]]> Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:46:52 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-13.html?comment=493599 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-13.html?comment=1#c493599 Twelvebit (United States) I would phrase it differently. I'd say that an educated underclass is a threat to those in power. This is not just mere speculation or observation of current social conditions. The educational and political establish was quite open about it in the early part of the 20th century. They said very candidly that real education was to be reserved for the elites and that the lower orders were only to be taught enough to obey orders and follow instructions --in order to be good employees and consumers. And they made it clear that education was a threat to the system and likely to breed dissent and discontent.

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:05:55 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=493592 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=1#c493592 Twelvebit (United States) Yes, essentially, afraid to be associated with certain views that are deliberately marginalized and made unpopular. This isn't a society that has much use for empathy. The official line in this country is that individuals are completely responsible for their own condition. This both excuses what is and isn't done, to and for, the unfortunate (since there are no "unfortunate" people by this logic), and lets rich people believe they deserve to be wealthy --no matter how they got their money.

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:59:17 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-30.html?comment=493584 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-30.html?comment=1#c493584 Twelvebit (United States) I think we made some progress for women for awhile --at least for some women. But yes, I'm not prudish by any means, but I think the context is important, and these posters, where they are, represent regression to a more primitive state. Such as they are, they represent the unattainable --women that wouldn't even talk to someone on Skid Row.

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:53:49 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-21.html?comment=493573 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-21.html?comment=1#c493573 Twelvebit (United States) I was referring to the fact that Americans don't want to know how the "sausage" is made. They don't really want to know what is done in their name. They prefer pretty pictures and pictures that make them feel good about themselves. They want to believe that we are only a force for good in the world, that we don't kill innocent people, that we're really bringing "peace and freedom" to whatever country we're bombing, etc.

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:48:49 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-21.html?comment=492677 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-21.html?comment=1#c492677 Twelvebit (United States) I was watching "The Killing Fields" last night and had similar thoughts about the Cambodian family who "escaped" to the US and found themselves living in a slum that represented a stark reduction in the quality of life they lived, with fewer economic resources, in Cambodia.

I also found it interesting to observe the contrast between then and now in terms of photography. The next to nothing coverage of the American destruction of Southeast Asia looked almost gratuitous by comparison with the completely non-existent coverage of the destruction we're visiting upon Iraq and Afghanistan. Our corporate media have completed eliminated any images that don't perpetuate our comforting illusions.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:54:16 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-30.html?comment=492671 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-30.html?comment=1#c492671 Twelvebit (United States) It's hard to miss those posters in the windows.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:42:44 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-10.html?comment=492662 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-10.html?comment=1#c492662 Twelvebit (United States) I don't think there is any other Western country where the obedient and conforming many get so little from a system that openly and contemptuously exploits them from the top while being so enamored of their exploiters. There are many many people in this country who believe, or want to believe, that people like the ones you photograph have only themselves to blame for their condition. Boy, are a lot of them in for a rude awakening in the not too distant future.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:37:36 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=492645 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=1#c492645 Twelvebit (United States) Wow, that you've gotten so many private emails, and it would appear, so few public comments, is very interesting. Apparently there are a lot of people out there even more afraid than I am. I used to say whatever I thought in public, but with all our new "freedom" I find myself being a lot more careful than I used to be.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:30:09 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-13.html?comment=492636 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-13.html?comment=1#c492636 Twelvebit (United States) "In Central City Los Angeles, money speaks in clear and easy to understand terms."

That's how it talks everywhere. This country couldn't function the way it does without an underclass; and in particular, it wouldn't be so profitable for those at the top. You can't have an economic aristocracy without serfs. This country was built on slave labor in one form or another, and got "out of kilter" after the Great Depression and FDR. For awhile it looked like we might be headed to where just about anybody could make a decent life for himself without proper obedience to the powers that be. But, hey, how ya going make $100 million a year as a CEO if all your employees are drawing a living wage?

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:22:51 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-19.html?comment=492599 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-19.html?comment=1#c492599 Twelvebit (United States) Amir pointed me in this direction. I think I shocked my son the other day when I told him that there were few things I feared as much as being poor in this country.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:04:43 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=491200 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=1#c491200 Amir (United States) Nice effect. Is she an Arabic woman with head scarf?

]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:39:10 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=490747 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=1#c490747 stijn (Belgium) it has a movie effect

]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:24:49 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=490208 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=1#c490208 Stefan (Austria) Wow, an excellent picture, GREAT!!!

]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:00:18 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=489561 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-18.html?comment=1#c489561 Dimitrios (Greece) IT HAS AN AIR OF SADNESS AND MISTERY but it is nice to compose

]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:38:21 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-15.html?comment=488697 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-15.html?comment=1#c488697 Portrait| Los Angeles Skid Row (United States) LALA,

I thank you for your thoughts.

much peace.

]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:42:58 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-16.html?comment=485147 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-16.html?comment=1#c485147 renee mudd (United States) This image hosts so many levels

]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:34:38 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-16.html?comment=485006 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-16.html?comment=1#c485006 Amir (United States) The mattress looks new.

]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:13:49 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-15.html?comment=484843 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-15.html?comment=1#c484843 Lala (Canada) This one is particularly striking on many, many, many levels...

]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:12:27 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-16.html?comment=483922 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-16.html?comment=1#c483922 Aubain (United States) What you do it is crucial to question values and understandings that are relatively stable and unquestioned. For too many people povertry is a natural order.
Keep going man.

]]> Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:52:19 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-15.html?comment=482790 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-15.html?comment=1#c482790 Amir (United States) Very sad. Disabled fellow, good work.

]]> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 19:26:33 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-14.html?comment=479882 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-14.html?comment=1#c479882 Amir (United States) Really coo. I like this photo a lot.

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:27:28 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-13.html?comment=478292 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-13.html?comment=1#c478292 Amir (United States) nice but dangerous.

]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:39:07 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-12.html?comment=475379 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-12.html?comment=1#c475379 Amir (United States) I hate this difference. I lived in San Fernando Valley for over 7 years and whenever I moved to LA I saw that gap and ...

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:03:46 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=472759 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=1#c472759 See The Light (United States) very powerful image.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:33:02 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=472088 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-11.html?comment=1#c472088 Amir (United States) Nice one again.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:11:20 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-10.html?comment=468756 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-10.html?comment=1#c468756 Amir (United States) Awesome work again. Good work.

]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:01:59 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-08.html?comment=464514 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-08.html?comment=1#c464514 Amir (United States) Why is it always poor African-Americans that get busted. I think this is the legacy of slavery that still lives on in the heart of a nation.

]]> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:57:40 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-08.html?comment=463308 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-08.html?comment=1#c463308 Kheoh Yee Wei (Malaysia) wow,interesting due to what you have devoted in photography ! skid row,great!

]]> Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:55:47 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-06.html?comment=458945 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-06.html?comment=1#c458945 Amir (United States) Another great shot. Man please be careful when you go photographing around downtown.

]]> Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:12:31 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=455737 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=1#c455737 Damon Schreiber (Canada) Well said and well presented.

]]> Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:06:30 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-05.html?comment=455385 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-05.html?comment=1#c455385 Amir (United States) unbelievable collection dude. I am moved every time I visit your blog.

]]> Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:55:02 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=454403 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-03.html?comment=1#c454403 Amir (United States) So sad, great capture.

]]> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:32:41 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-02.html?comment=445244 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-02.html?comment=1#c445244 Dimitrios (Greece) superb capture

]]> Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:15:40 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-01.html?comment=441892 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-09-01.html?comment=1#c441892 kheoh yee wei (Malaysia) Amazing capture of the moment in time ! i especially like the expression of that girl looking at your frame,so powerful !

]]> Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:23:00 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-20.html?comment=437828 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-20.html?comment=1#c437828 skid row (Virgin Islands, U.S.) love you too skid row you r hot

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:36:11 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-27.html?comment=430625 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-27.html?comment=1#c430625 lasiate (Philippines) je n'aime pas trop le flou mais il y a une certaine ambaince

]]> Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:09:11 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-26.html?comment=424975 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-26.html?comment=1#c424975 Amir (United States) The world is full of inequality and injustice. LA is only one small part of this world. I live in Los Angeles for 7 years and heard stories of Skid Row. In one of Earth richest city, the home to Hollywood and celebrities of American entertainment industry, so many live with nothing.

You have a great photoblog.

]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:37:16 EST http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-20.html?comment=410611 http://skidrowportrait.aminus3.com/image/2007-08-20.html?comment=1#c410611 sb (South Africa) What a powerful photo. I love the angle.

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