This is a series of 20 larger than life portraits of homeless Western Australians.  Each portrait locks viewers with an arresting gaze and with a short written snapshot of the subject’s experiences - enabling confrontation of the issues they face in life on the street.  The purpose of the portraits is to help viewers recognise the humanity in homeless people and help bring about changes in attitude in our community.  The exhibition was produced by top Perth photographer Phil England

 

Rotary enabled the portraits to be created, and has exhibited them in over 20 schools and 30 public places - typically with a Q&A forum on homelessness.  In March 2023, the portraits were exhibited to Federal politicians in Canberra.