Pedro Oliveira of San Juan Capistrano holds his photograph of a homeless man named James. The image led to an ongoing series called "Careful: Soul Inside," to raise awareness of homeless people. Oliveira has taken photographs of the homeless in Portland, Orange County and Los Angeles. A few of his portraits are part of the “Aging as Art” exhibit at Newport Beach Central Library.
"The idea of the project is simple: I talk to my subjects, I hear their stories, and often I report them alongside their pictures. My ultimate goal is to increase awareness of homelessness issues, which seldom have our attention, and which include the social barriers homeless people face that often turn them into virtually invisible human beings."
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