Saturday, October 4, 2014

Homeless Inspired Art

I'm not sure what to make of this story in which artists are inspired by the homeless:

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-skid-row-art-20141004-story.html


Who benefits from this: the homeless or the artist?


Remember this famous photo from the Depression?


It did wonders for the photographer's career, but the woman in the photo and her family got nothing from it.

So once again I am undecided about art inspired by the homeless. From my perspective it seems more like predation than compassion.

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