- Between 1 January and 31 March 2015, local housing authorities received 27,640 applications for housing assistance under the homelessness legislation of the Housing Act 1996 (excluding those who were ineligible, such as recent arrivals to the UK)
- This is 2 per cent higher than in the corresponding quarter in 2014.
- For women the most common cause of homelessness is domestic violence (28 per cent)
- For men it was being kicked out of home by their parents (22 per cent)
- Being kicked out by parents if the most common reason for homelessness for young people
These facts are shocking to some and yet people are still struggling. A photographer linking with the less fortunate is Richard Avedon. He has a series that I have explored HERE . Not only does he look at the less fortunate he uses opposites to show them in images. In the blog post I talk about how the photographer has used a black and white effect which is typically seen on poverty adverts, charities and other media forms that are for helping the less fortunate.
For example a charity called: Salvation Army. One way this is quite prominent is a simple google search of the word HOMELESS this is what appears.
This search shows how pretty much the majority of images are in the black and white effect. This is what the photographer has used in his images but has changed it slightly to give off a different effect.
Avedon has used this black and white effect but used a more dramatized portrait style for his images. This style shows the images of the people in a more wealthy way. The framing and size of the images does not give off the image that they are less fortunate.
Below is a simple search for a famous portraits just to show how the photographer has mixed both techniques to create the set of images.
For example a charity called: Salvation Army. One way this is quite prominent is a simple google search of the word HOMELESS this is what appears.
This search shows how pretty much the majority of images are in the black and white effect. This is what the photographer has used in his images but has changed it slightly to give off a different effect.
Avedon has used this black and white effect but used a more dramatized portrait style for his images. This style shows the images of the people in a more wealthy way. The framing and size of the images does not give off the image that they are less fortunate.
Below is a simple search for a famous portraits just to show how the photographer has mixed both techniques to create the set of images.
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