Homeless Kids and Cameras
 

Found this on Digg. A guy gave a homeless kid a camera to mess around with. Basically he put the best pictures up on the thread.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/sho...readid=2323360

Doesn't sound very convincing.

The photos are nice, though.

The kid has a good eye. I really like the B&W piano and the popcan/fence photos, looks great.

Jews did 9/11.

And those are pretty neat. The concept is really cool.

The facts aren't very convincing, and I would like to know the age of the kid. A few shots I can see a child taking, but the others I can definitely feel an amateur giving input or taking them themselves, just making is purposefully out of focus to give it a feel that a kid took them. Nevertheless, some of them have potential to be great shots if only in focus.

He was anywhere from 15-18. Can we please stop the conspiracy theories I'm pretty tired of the internet always doing this.

Sometimes a child's eye can have more visual accuity than a worn, conformed, jaded adult. I found the photos raw and beautiful. I picked up photography last year and as an 'adult' I feel like I have to deconstruct how I view the world. I imagine kids have a more wide-eyed perspective on the world at large -- at that point of their lives, they are starting to learn that there is a world outside of their home/neighborhood. Kudos to the amateur photographer!

I've taken a few photos, A few good photos. I found it easy to slip into a stream where I just look at things and don't think about it. I'm a minimalist but when I do take a picture, it does shine.

I wouldn't question the story too much, but isn't it possible that the kid mixed in some photos he didn't take? And that's a lot of pictures to get developed. Some of those pictures I'm fairly certain can't have been taken on the same camera.

Still, some really cool pics in there.

The homeless kid got some talent i think he should consider a job with his talent instead of doing drug