The Cost of Living

James Roh

Del (left) and Bev (right) sit on the edge of their tent on February 7, 2009. Shortly after becoming homeless in August of 2008, the couple decided to give up a life long struggle with substance addiction in order to get back on their feet. “We was homeless and gave it up,” said Del. “It was a struggle for me to learn to be a person again, sober and be without alcohol.”

After dating for nearly two years, Del Chambers, 51, and Bev England, 53, found themselves homeless in August of 2008 due to drug addictions and mismanagement of money. The couple then set up camp on the banks of the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio just south of Fifth Avenue and was later joined by [...]

Finding Their Way

August Kryger

Finding Their Way

I met Nick Cason and Armando Garza while doing a daily news assignment for an internship at a Missouri newspaper. It was supposed to be just a few photographs, and short captions, end of story. After meeting them though, I knew it was going to become something much more than that. Armando Garza is a [...]

Life in a Room

Dan Krauss

Living Independently

Marcy Pusecker is 96-years-old and has been diagnosed with dementia and cannot speak or move. She has been a part of the hospice program for over a year and relies completely on her daughter, Pat Connor, and various employees of the Appalachian Visiting Nurse Association to survive. They help her eat, drink, bathe, clip her [...]

Karen House

Andrei Pungovschi

A big smile reveals Brenda Cotton's favourite tooth. The tooth is still shaky, since two years ago a neighbourhood drug dealer punched her in the mouth repeatedly, in a failed attempt to steal the small piece of gold.

Karen House is a shelter for homeless women and children, established in 1977, in north Saint Louis.
Over the years, Karen House has given shelter to many victims of broken marriages, pregnant teenagers or runaway wives, looking for a place to calm down and think things over.
This story was a two-day assignment in Saint Louis for [...]