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Joanne Arnold
Fine Art Photography in Falmouth Foreside and Portland Maine
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Jan 25, 2022
On any given morning. Commercial Street. Portland, Maine.
Jan 25, 2022
Jan 25, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
One of Mike's greatest joys is giving toys to the children of folks living at the shelter.
Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
Charles
Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
Jul 12, 2020
Off Mike goes with a bag of toys we supplied this morning...
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
Better than Christmas morning.
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
His bag is just too heavy to carry.
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 12, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
He is telling me a story about a friend slitting his wrists. I look at his forearms...
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
This is the man who wrangled a porcelain sculpture of the Buddhist Goddess of Dawn down to Commercial Street as a gift weeks ago...
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
'Have any shoes?' he asks... I am soleless.' he said...
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 11, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
Name it. What is this place called?
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
And though he is struggling to remain upright, and is shaking, he is polite and kind...
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Haven't seen him in a week so it is good to lay eyes upon him...
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Living the street life. Always a story. Always a little hustle. Always a smile. Always on the edge...
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
With that enthusiasm of my children reserved for when they were younger, he reveals 'It's my birthday!'
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
A flower in the street garden...
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 9, 2020
Jul 8, 2020
Love from the streets.
Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
...He seems to be barely hanging on.
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
How'd you sleep last night?...
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 7, 2020
Jul 6, 2020
Here is a message attached to a PayPal donation of cash to Dear Anonymous...
Jul 6, 2020
Jul 6, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
So, it's tender. I think about, and name the long litany of names...
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
Folks are scattered this morning and one young man is arranging his pack under a staircase...
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
'I don't wear collared shirts.' he states though I do notice he is wearing one...
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 5, 2020
Jul 4, 2020
They sit waiting. Or stand. Mostly in their own worlds. Some chat with one another though...
Jul 4, 2020
Jul 4, 2020
Jul 2, 2020
He asks me again and again if everything is alright with me and if he can help at all with ANYTHING...
Jul 2, 2020
Jul 2, 2020
Jul 2, 2020
Friends this morning holding a fresh copy of the July 2020 edition of MAINERNEWS featuring excerpts from TRANSIENCE BOOK II...
Jul 2, 2020
Jul 2, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
Super proud of this lovely man Kenneth W Beek author of TRANSIENCE an epic memoir about homeless existence in Maine...
Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
'Been hard the last two months. My girl left. She wants to be HERE. I can't be THERE...'
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 28, 2020
Several people are speaking at once and there's water and tshirts and socks and...
Jun 28, 2020
Jun 28, 2020
Jun 28, 2020
He doesn't love to be photographed. But he gives permission. He's looking for...
Jun 28, 2020
Jun 28, 2020
Jun 27, 2020
We change. And we will continue to change...
Jun 27, 2020
Jun 27, 2020