Sunday, May 19, 2013

From Boston: "Panhandlers of Harvard Square: An essay in oil paintings, interviews," by Marc Clamage for the Boston Globe Magazine


A few years ago, I began to notice that the panhandlers I’d been seeing near my workplace in Harvard Square seemed more plentiful, younger, more troubled. There were lots of new “passing through, need food” signs, and even whole families begging — some are still there. I used to hurry by them, but then I began to stop. Each face tells a story, I realized, and I would try to capture as many as I could through a series of oil paintings. (Read more here.)

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