Nowhere to Call Home: Volume Two: Photographs and Stories of People Experiencing Homelessness, Volume Two - Softcover

Denbok, Leah; Denbok, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1999391608 ISBN 13: 9781999391607

Publisher: FriesenPress, 2018

Synopsis

This book continues where my first book left off-with forty photographs and stories of people experiencing homelessness. It is a part of my ongoing mission, begun with volume one, to change the general public's perception of those experiencing homelessness. So often, as I stated in my first book, they are viewed as subhuman creatures, or a lower order of being than human. Through my photographs and stories I am trying to humanize them, to help the general public see that, apart from the unfortunate circumstances in which these people find themselves, they are no different than you and I. I am heartened that, judging from the comments that my first book has received from people around the world, my work seems to be having this effect.

All royalties from this book will be given to Home Horizon: Transitional Support Program.

About this title

About the Authors

Leah den Bok is a Fashion, Beauty and Portrait Photographer. For the past several years, she has been traveling to cities throughout the world, such as Toronto, New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and Brisbane, photographing people experiencing homelessness and recording their stories for her project Humanizing The Homeless. Leah's goals with this project are to humanize people experiencing homelessness and shine a spotlight on the problem of homelessness. The work from this project has been compiled in a book series entitled Nowhere to Call Home--Photographs and Stories of People Experiencing Homelessness. Leah donates 100% of the profits she makes from her books and exhibits of her work to local homeless shelters.

Instagram: @humanizing_the_homeless
Facebook: @humanizingthehomlessofficial

Leah is a 17-year-old Canadian photographer and author. Since the age of 13 she has been mentored by Joel Sartore, a National Geographic photographer and Fellow. For the past three years she has been travelling, with her dad, to cities throughout North America to photograph people experiencing homelessness and record their stories. In July 2017, CBC's The National aired a mini-documentary about Leah. Since then her career has taken off. Most recently, she has been interviewed by the BBC, the Corriere della Sera (the largest newspaper in Italy), Days (a newspaper in the Netherlands), Global News, The Toronto Star, CBC radio, CBC's The Goods, Chatelaine, Toronto Life, and Context with Lorna Dueck, to name just a few. In September 2017, she spoke to 40,000 people at the Air Canada Centre for the WE Day and WE Family events, sharing the stage with such dignitaries as Prince Harry and the former Secretary General to the UN. She has also been invited to exhibit her work and speak at the Women of the World 2018 festival in Australia. Leah lives in Collingwood, Ontario with her parents, Tim and Sara, and her brother, Daniel.

The reader can see more of Leah's photography by visiting the following sites:

Website: www.ldenbokphotography.com Facebook: @LdenbokPhotography Instagram: @humanizing_the_homeless Twitter: @Ldenbok

Edition details

• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1999391608
• ISBN 13: 9781999391607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108