martinschoellerMartin: “Where are you from?”
Jovon: “LA.”
M: “LA? You didn’t get far.”
J: “No I didn’t get too far.”
M: “How long have you been out here on the streets?”
J: “Overall, like five years.”
M: “What keeps you on the streets?”
J: “Well, I’m getting housing soon.”
M: “How did you end up living on the streets?”
J: “Well, I lost my place, I lost my job, I lost my condo. I lost everything. So I’m starting from scratch.”
M: “No parents to help you out? No family?”
J: “No, and I’m grown, you know. I need to do it on my own which is hard. Being on the streets. It’s a struggle, it’s hard. But it’s doable. So I’m going back to school.” M: “And where at?”
J: “UCLA. Everything’s coming together.”
M: ” What are you studying?”
J: “Nursing. I’m gonna get my NP/PA. Nursing Practitioner & Physicians Assistant at the same time. Very exciting, yes.” .
Please support the @gwhfc to help people like Jovon get back on their feet.
Please join award-winning celebrity portrait photographerMartin Schoeller in support of the Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition in a race to purchase a permanent home for this vital volunteer-run organization which has been serving the homeless and hungry 365 days a year for the past 28 years.
Titled #SycamoreandRomaine after the street corner where the GWHFC serves healthy meals daily to those in need as well as the corner where Schoeller has been photographing the GWHFC’s clients for his smash-hit Instagram feed@martinschoeller, the fundraiser aims to purchase a long-term home for the GWHFC which is under constant threat of homelessness itself – as the same intersection has become ground zero for real estate development in Hollywood.
With your help, contributions of $5, $10 or even $1,000+ toward a permanent home for the GWHFC will help stabilize their efforts and also expand their outreach services tenfold. Together, we’ll not only help people survive the street, but also help them get off the street for good by providing vital care as well as hope, encouragement, and compassion along the way.
from Martin Schoeller instagram
