It is Wednesday,
the day to look at another photographer’s work. And this one is a doozey.
I recently
visited the Missouri History Museum, in St. Louis. One room was occupied by the
photography project of Jerry Tovo. It is called, “They May Have Been Called
Heroes”, and it documents the plight of homeless veterans. The walls were
adorned by LARGE black and white portraits.
The mission
is stated below. I have copied and pasted this directly from the website,
hopefully breaking no copyright laws.
“TMHBH
is dedicated to raising the Nation’s awareness to the plight of the hundreds of
thousands of homeless Veterans, by photographing, videotaping and otherwise recording
their stories. Additionally, we are producing a major gallery exhibit in the
hopes of inspiring personal involvement and the donation of funds to programs
designed for shelter, education, rehabilitation, job training and
re-socialization, for those, too many American Patriots currently doing without
the basic necessities.”
Please click on the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser.