rethinking documentary photography

 Homelessness is very visible in Adelaide's CBD. 

For a few days this week I have been walking  around the city streets early in the morning  (ie., between 6.30--8.30 am)  and I couldn't help but  notice that there  are a lot of (white) people sleeping rough. 

They are sleeping in secluded corners in alleyways or secluded  spaces on side streets that provide them with some shelter from the increasing autumn rains. They leave their possessions there during the  day and I see them the following morning. Their  particular spot functions as  their space  in a public space. It cannot be safe living on the streets and health must be a serious issue for the street homeless. . 

Without a home  (ie., not having a secure and safe homeI) means that you  can’t make appointments, you’ve got no way of structuring your life, you’ve got nothing that’s safe. Without a home, you’re living day by day with anyone you run into.

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 This scoping picture of a small  alley off Bank St was made whilst I recently  wandered  around Adelaide's CBD in the late morning. I had driven the car  from Encounter Bay to Seaford Meadows,  caught the train into the city,  had a coffee in Leigh St and then started wandering around.    

 I  drifted  into Bank St  from Leigh St  as I was  looking  to see if the cafes were still closed  post Covid-19. I had a sense that the street life was returning to the city,  and I was curious to see if  the cafe's in the pedestrian friendly side streets were starting to re-open. Some in Leigh St were still closed and I wondered  if this was also the case in  Bank St.