Homeless woman with dogs

Homeless woman with dogs
Haight Street
San Francisco, CA

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asia_freestar says:

How come we can't find the homeless home and try to find the work
and stop paying so much money on the war we need to hope these
people off the street
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

ranjithm1985 says:

Why Americans can't help them to Live like others?
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Old Jingleballicks says:

Wow!

You are invited to post this picture in the Steinbeck Country flickr group.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Old Jingleballicks says:

Just great;! Thanks for sharing this with us all at the Steinbeck Country group.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

Opspin says:

Hey I just saw your photo on a puzzle website because of your awesome licence :)
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

KBlood says:

Women & Dogs
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

tybalt_capp says:

I think that we should care for everyone!!!!!!!!sis!!!!!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Percy7 says:

It's a terrific sight, but speaks volume of homeless in the country.

Home Funding
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

brittany_83 says:

this is a good photo. she didn't mind you taking this photo?
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Franco Folini says:

I promised her a copy of the picture, but I never seen her again...
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

brittany_83 says:

Oh I see. Its a great photo. And I love how the dogs are both looking at something off camera!!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Franco Folini says:

Thank you Brittany 83!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Being homeless I know what it is like for people on the street every day and every night
I have been homeless on and off for almost 10 yrs now and yes it IS a very hard way to exist

yours in all sincerity

"Lash"
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

fiercest_architect says:

This is why white people should never have dreadlocks. Look what happens.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Vickie :) says:

You have skill! You are invited to post your talent in...

Untouched & Unedited
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

abby uk says:

Hi, I'm really interested in getting in contact with LASHERTHEWICKED. I am currently doing a project & really need some advice from people who have had experience of being homeless. I will keep checking the comments on this photo to see if you are interested. If anyone else has any advice how I would go about this, please help. Thanks
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Rick Beckman says:

Featured here:
rickbeckman.org/2007/12/16/the-image-of-god/
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

id_rat_ivan says:

I was homeless for about 2 years in the 80's, and its hard to get out of it, but I had a lending hand, and till this day I thank these people for that, I bin reading some comments, and I want to see how some will do if one day they world falls apart, and calling them pigs, It was a struggle every day, and if someone needed something, the others would try to help, now not living on the street anymore, you cant trust any, homeless people have more respect for other people belongings, I trusted what I had to another homeless, but I wont trust anyone now to look after my belongings
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Dans L'amour [deleted] says:

if i ever become homeless,i want some nice doggies:3
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

DodgersMom Photography says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called **Best Friends**, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

guanogrillo says:

Bellissimo scatto!
Un po' triste
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

artland says:

showwwww *******************
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

misshenry60 says:

she's kinda cute.. i bet her snatch smells like hell
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ts_nowhere says:

Is she really homeless? She looks like a punk in Europe would look - and they just like the style and the dogs and are usually not homeless.
I really like the picture - especially her expression really catches my attention. A kind of cocky smirk ;) Can't help but wondering what is going on in her head.
Great shot.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

CK'sPhoto says:

I'm currently reading a book called "Under and overpass" about a Christian college student who chose to live homeless for 5 months.. Haight street is mentioned in the book.. I read that today.. that's really awesome I think.

Asia to answer your question.. most of the people on the streets do not want to work.. they are living just they way they want. My wife works for a company that deals with the homeless.. 90% of them say theyd rather live the way they are.

some have mental disabilities..which is sad.

some have drug problems which keep them from doing anything but living on the streets. Every bit of money goes towards their next hit.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

d200 dug No censorship! says:

I wonder why this happens in such rich countries ?

I recently saw a picture of an Ex Marine sergeant and his wife living in a cardboard box under a bridge in LA.

It makes you wonder about the respect a country has for those who serve and offer so much.

Great photo, sad but good.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

BluSkyy Studios says:

Id rat Ivan. Right on. Many want help, try to get out of their circumstances, but can't. I live in America, the greediest nation on earth. We use up others, including our own citizens, and them spit them out.

Sure, our citizens help people. We are a nation of givers. But our leadership only helps if they see a political angle, just like most other countries. Still, it is a crime what we allow our veterans to suffer.

Granted, some people like the street. I've talked to them. They don't trust me or people like me and they answer to no one. Some are mentally ill. Some have PTSD so bad, they can't tell heads from tails anymore. Others are just bad people that "got what they deserved."

Truth be known, we all deserve the street. None of us are good as God points out. Jesus is good and saves us who are not.

Anyway, it is really easy to throw stones and ridicule and judge, but until we go through it, we don't know it. What if any of us lost our jobs, didn't have any family or family that didn't care about us; what if we had no money and no offerings of help from anyone we knew? What would we do?
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

jmardripps says:

new boots, clean britches and manicured finger nails.....? doesn't look homeless to me... not a bad photo but mis-titled maybe.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Rick Beckman says:

jmardripps: View the larger version of the image. Her fingernails are dirty, her boots are dirty, and her pants are tattered and torn.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

wolfheart65 says:

I was homeless at one time myself. I also worked to get myself off the streets. It unnerves me to hear people say that they don`t want to work. so do, some don`t. I worked till I was able to be a staff member at a shelter and I dealt with the homeless on a daily basis. There are some that get up at 5:30 am to skip breakfest so they can get the best jobs at the day labor. Which still don`t pay alot. so, low wages take along time to come up with enough money to pay all the deposits,rent and one weeks worth of food. once your down that far it takes months to bounce back.
I`m not saying that there isn`t homeless people out there that don`t want to get it together. I`m just saying they all aren`t all the same.
That would be like say all balcks are thives. or all mexicans are lazy. It`s just not true.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

childrenxflowers says:

the majority of the homeless in the haight ashbury area want to live that way.

i actually was working on part of a documentary on haight ashbury and we interviewed some of the homeless and some of them come all the way to san francisco from across the country just to live that way.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

George Augustine says:

That smirk on her face catches my attention.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

MarinaAvila says:

she is a beautiful homeless.
and the dogs are great =D
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

johey24 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SWOTM (Soul Woman of the Month), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

johey24 says:

Congratulations Franco. This photo has been selected one of the finalists in our Soul Woman of the Month Competition and has been added to the pool of photos for members to vote on at the end of September. Do remember to check in and vote at that time, should you have the time.

You can see the finalists here:
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Thanks for supporting our Group.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

johey24 says:

Please feel free to delete this message.

This is to remind you that your photo has been selected as a Finalist in our monthly competition for Soul Woman of the Month. The voting for September is NOW OPEN. If you want to, you can cast your vote in our Discussion Pool.
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Thank you again for your support. Keep posting!!
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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Subcrew Fai or Fhaione says:

你好，我是 You Know Why Homeless 群組的管理員，我們希望將其新增至該群組！
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

daomakatrina says:

oh..i've enjoyed reading some of the meaningful comments..
its sad but true,,
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

artland says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called streetdog, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

AmyCee Photography says:

I thought she was a man when I first saw her on the Haight. Thank you for pointing this out to me.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

f2lb2l says:

thanks for posting this
<3
Jess
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

sftrajan says:

society has really oppressed her badly
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

7x7 Magazine says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 7x7 Magazine - SF Neighborhoods - Get Published!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

kristincurrier says:

It's a nice photo, but sorry, this young, attractive lady is doing this by choice. Unless she has a drug or mental illness. If this is Haight, I've seen gutter punks with 20 hole Doc Martens that cost more than I would spend on a dinner out. Not to be insensitive, but capable people who choose to be homeless take away from the people who end up there through means out of their control.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

drusila333 says:

Thank you for providing this pic. I used it in this comp:

Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

tumultuouswoman says:

Please consider adding this photo to the group Broken America, the photojournalist group documenting the suffering, struggles, and loss of the American landscape and people...

www.flickr.com/groups/brokenamerica/
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

CK'sPhoto says:

This woman most likely chooses this lifestyle or has a mental disorder.. I believe if someone wants out of that lifestyle they can.. my wife's work deals with the homeless.. she hears them.

blusky guy before you think of bashing the way our country treats it's homless just know that America spends more cash on helping its homeless than any other nation on earth. We are also probably the only nation on earth where our citizens living below the poverty line have cell phones wear nikes and are overweight.

I believe the problem is too many handouts if you ask me
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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