Lost in a City Photo Gallery by Michael Shpuntov at pbase.com

Lost in a City

I understand that these are not most pleasing shots and I have many doubts before creating this gallery.
I've started this gallery during the winter time and called it initally "Lost in Winter". But spring came and
I may be stoped seeing blankets, but still continue seeing these people. They are wandering in the middle
of the big busy city looking absolutely isolated and lost. So I thought that "lost in a City" will be much
more appropriate name.

I encourage you to take a minute and comment or critique on the images and to vote if you like the gallery.
Your votes are very important for me and appreciated as well

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roofusmac		11-Aug-2010 17:15
Lost is very appropriate. excellent (and yet difficult to look at) gallery. Thank you.

mel le clus		01-Mar-2010 09:32
its such a sad world we live in and if you think this is bad there are people even worse of across some ocean or another, oh thank you God for the blessings you pour over me each day.

Len Philpot		14-Feb-2010 16:10
It's impossible to look at these in a detached manner, knowing that I'm no better than anyone else, and knowing I should feel very blessed for all my many (undeserved) blessings. Very strong and thought-provoking gallery.

Chantal		27-Nov-2009 13:45
What an incredible and thought provoking gallery!! These are scenes we often feel compelled to look away from when we are confronted with them on the street. Human suffering is not easy to watch. Your photos allow us to look in the eyes of those we cannot bear to see.

Naomi Smith		20-Aug-2009 13:48
I truly enjoy visiting your galleries. I am also taken by the beauty you are able to find in the faces of the less fortunate. Naomi

Guest		22-Jun-2009 03:37
Wow, an increadible gallery. God help these people, because I think only God can help them.

Guest		10-May-2009 14:26
It moves me deeply. You are so consequent. Stunning observations. Vote.

Tom Briggs		10-Apr-2009 01:47
Sad, evocative gallery ... a sign of the times and perhaps of even worse to come. Well done, Michael ... voted

Guest		04-Feb-2009 23:00
Very sad but also art of our society. I spent a number of years working with transients. Each has a story, some true some with enough truth to make them believable. A number of them have mental problems. All are sociological misfits. Every one of your images bring back a memory. Thank you for sharing your vision and talent.

Buba Jafarli		04-Feb-2009 02:54
So many human tragedies on one page told in a concise but powerful way! Great work, Michael, thank you! voted!

Guest		04-Feb-2009 02:49
Thank you, very well done --- it's sad to say I see this in my city all the time --- San Diego CA

Guest		04-Feb-2009 02:49
Thank you, very well done --- it's sad to say I see this in my city all the time --- San Diego CA

An De Wilde		16-Nov-2008 11:58
very good ! strong emotional pictures !

cits_4_pets		01-Oct-2008 07:01
Wow...very emotional gallery, so sad. Excellent documentary on the down and out...V

Lee G		25-Sep-2008 15:11
The harsh reality of life for some of us isn't always pretty. Your images document this in a most humane way. Well done. ~V

Ricardo L.		25-Sep-2008 03:21
Images are very strong, but beautiful at the same time. V

Guest		12-Sep-2008 10:54
A very emotive and thought provoking gallery, thank you. It always reminds me that no matter how bad I think my life is, someone is always worse off than me, such is the harsh reality of life. All the best, Mike.

Sheila Smart		23-Jul-2008 04:55
Great work, Michael. Very emotive. At least here in Sydney, Australia these unfortunate folk don't have to deal with the abysmal Canadian winters. I spent 10 years in T.O, until I found that Sydney does not have a winter.

Rob Oele		01-Jul-2008 13:46
Great work, very dedicated. V

Antonio Ruggiero		06-Mar-2008 20:57
Bellissima Gallery.....Bravo....V

Geoff Smith		04-Mar-2008 01:45
Beautiful, poignant, and very real in this world of ours!

jcgamache		27-Feb-2008 03:19
Very powerfull gallery. I agree with every who make comments on that gallery, its simply excellente -V

Guest		15-Feb-2008 05:01
very nice gallery...very creative, capturing the drama in real life as they happen in our streets... i like it... thank you for sharing your insights... Rey de Rivera

Guest		25-Jan-2008 10:14
the invisible people is extremely present in this gallery!! great work-v-

BERNARD		24-Jan-2008 16:26
Tes photos sont comme un miroir à la face de la société. Dommage qu'elle soit aveugle. Tu aurais hélas pu faire ce travail dans n'importe quelle grande ville du monde. Merci JLB de TOULON. FRANCE.

Guest		24-Jan-2008 10:48
True life. Excellent work

houseofcors		24-Jan-2008 02:04
You have touched a nerve with these sympathetic and moving photos. Perhaps some of us will be spurred to action, individually or collectively.

TuTmin		23-Jan-2008 20:06
expressive shots of real life.V~

Guest		22-Jan-2008 11:35
What can I say that hasn't already been said. Just a fantastic documentation and so very sad.

Joan Thompson		22-Jan-2008 06:26
I have just spent an hour spell bound looking at these images. I have seen faces like these when I worked in the welfare system in Australia and interviewed one man in the park so he could get his pension restored.The images with the dogs leave a lump in my throat as I realise this is all they have to love. Such loneliness is portrayed in these images that I could cry.

RMcanuff		20-Jan-2008 04:27
As i sit here warm, in the winter time, with a computer and money to pay to look at such things like this, it hurts. The gallery you have created is so moving. You are creating art as well as a movement. People will look at these images you captured and some will sit and think about how sad it is and maybe what they can do. I know i try to give to people without certian things the things they may need. Great photos of what we all hope to not become one day. I feel for thoes people, and yet i envy them at the same time.

Shamus		17-Jan-2008 01:27
I have worked in a shelter for 10 years and have seen the same faces at one time young, age beyond their years due to substance abuse, mental illness and living on the streets. This gallery captures every aspect of those who fall through the cracks of our society.

Barry Ailetcher		16-Jan-2008 18:18
You did it again another great gallery how do you find the time to do all ofthis work?

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		16-Jan-2008 05:43
This is one of the most significant galleries I've ever seen on PBase. Michael, here you are using photography as a social statement. One that needs to be made. And your images are superb artistically. As I looked at the slideshow I kept thinking how wonderful it would be if you could hook up with TASC, the very active homeless coalition in Toronto, to mount an exhibit of these photos. Thank you for taking these photos and sharing them with us. Maybe we will no longer turn away from these people when we see them on our streets.

MissBaltica		14-Jan-2008 21:33
I think we all notice those poor people but most of the times we pretend that we don't see.... Thanks for this gallery, it's great.

Azlin Ahmad		14-Jan-2008 13:06
You have made the invisible very visible in this gallery. A disturbing compilation, suitably so. V

Bea.		14-Jan-2008 00:37
Why are they nearly all men?

alfredo camba jr.		13-Jan-2008 15:18
Fantastic photojournalistic images! Very nice gallery. Vote!!

Guest		12-Jan-2008 03:58
Great documentary. Documenting life as it is. Brilliant job! V

Guest		12-Jan-2008 02:58
Very dramatic and tocuhing gallery. Shows us a different life realities. Excellen tjounalistic work. -V- Chris

monil		11-Jan-2008 14:09
Very creative gallery. It is not the same liife for all world. very sensitive too. v

Ann...		11-Jan-2008 03:51
These photograph take us all outside our "comfort zone" and so they should. An excellent, thought provoking gallery.

Guest		10-Jan-2008 03:11
Hello Michael: This is a powerful gallery. It makes me wonder about each persons story. The homeless flight is a very different flight than it was many years ago. I really love the power in the black and whites in particular. It's a hard reality that I think many have become numb to. Great gallery that reminds I to count our blessings. Nice work. Kat

Guest		10-Jan-2008 01:51
sad theme, but i think it's good social documentary. V! :)

Guest		10-Jan-2008 01:16
Very touching gallery. Superb shots!

william mahan		09-Jan-2008 03:15
Outstanding documentation....You also have given everyone a sense of these poor soul's world.

Jess. ( Lady.D.)		06-Jan-2008 00:16
Thought provoking images, unfortunately we see this in all to often in our cities, well documented and photographed.

endre novak		06-Jan-2008 00:07
classic.

Peter Chou		22-Dec-2007 12:32
Excellent portrayal of poverty in the First World!

Guest		11-Dec-2007 03:12
Life may be a bed of roses for some but for many others it's sheer hell . . . cannot imagine what it's like in winter! Thanks for portraying what is real out there.

Eldar Kadymov		06-Dec-2007 20:05
It's very dramatic and moving reportage... Great professional work, I wish these images could make their way to those hypocritical monkeys sitting in Ottawa... V

Guest		02-Dec-2007 23:39
Thanks for showing something most of us don't want to believe is out there!!! Voted!!

BleuEvanescence		02-Dec-2007 18:54
I just don't know what to say, is there anything to say. Will it ever change? How can we change this? Certainly not with our governments, the people that WE are forced to elect... This is one small window on human misery.

Francisco Figueras		29-Nov-2007 17:48
excellent gallery!! !

Aud Elise Sj�s�ther		27-Nov-2007 20:33
This gallery tells a lot! Thanks for showing us how life really can be... Big V

David Yu		17-Nov-2007 03:28
Every image has thousand word behind them. We are the same no matter what.

Ashley Hockenberry		12-Nov-2007 14:27
Outstanding gallery

Jason Anderson		14-Oct-2007 10:21
Excellent gallery. You've focused your lens directly at a group of people many city-dwellers learn not to see, and like Guest said, we should be uncomfortable. To paraphrase Dostoyevsky, "the degree of civilization in a society is measured by the way it treats its" least fortunate members.

Guenter Eh		12-Oct-2007 10:09
You did (and do) an important job with this precious gallery of humanity Michael. Thank you for sharing and show the world the "B" side!

an nguyen		26-Sep-2007 01:49
Very powerful documentary gallery.

Maxim Popykin		05-Jun-2007 13:42
another life around us as is. Great album indeed. VOTED

Barbara Heide		02-Apr-2007 09:51
excellent work! thanks for your documentary!v

Guest		30-Mar-2007 02:07
Thank you Michael.

Nunes BEIRAO - PHOTO		30-Mar-2007 00:30
Brilliant and serious photography, Michael. It is always hard to comment all this solitude! Obviously, voted!!!

Buz Kiefer		28-Mar-2007 16:37
There but for the grace of God... Vote.

Kenneth Zimmerman		28-Mar-2007 12:16
Makes us realize how lucky we all are.

Guest		28-Mar-2007 05:51
well done

flowsnow		25-Mar-2007 17:13
Indeed a very brilliant collection of `lost souls' in the city. It's not easy to shoot subjects like these....and you have captured them well. Vote~

Sam X		17-Mar-2007 14:13
... bravo!!! Somebody had guts to show that not just flowers and birdies exist in the world, but it is a lot uglier side. Sad looking at those pictures ... they choose this kind of life for different reasons only known to them, but some of them are more human than those who wear nice suits. Voted

Antonio Ruggiero		30-Jan-2007 17:35
Bravo....vote

George Christakos		07-Dec-2006 11:07
A great documentary gallery. Strong emotions, in most photos a punch in the stomach. Excellent work Michael. Bravo. V.

Martha Albuquerque		30-Nov-2006 22:57
Bravo! It's exactly what I am talking about. I haven't known about this collection Lost in a City. It's wonderful! So good shots! I've started my Hiden Sites in Rio yesterday coincidently with the same subject. My compliments for the great work and My Vote.

Bryan Ramsay		20-Nov-2006 12:56
I opened the gallery to see if I could tell what city they were from, and happily I can't, because they could be from many different places. A rgeat piece on an often overlooked situation. GMV -BJ

Liz Bickel		14-Nov-2006 18:16
Outstanding gallery. Sadly, those of us who live in a larger Metro area have seen many scenes similar to these. You have done an excellent job of documenting this unfortunate side of life.

Guest		11-Nov-2006 19:22
More people need to see this.

Guest		11-Nov-2006 06:54
Intense depiction of what goes on in the city.

jude		12-Oct-2006 15:59
This is a true street gallery.. Brings it right into our warm homes and in our faces. Just where it needs to be. Congrats

Ray Rebortira		12-Jul-2006 02:21
Your gallery shows there is a kind of suffering deeper than war where there are no soldiers or heroes, only the lost and the forgotten. The viewer is blind but that is the tragedy of it.

Paul from Washington DC		26-Jun-2006 04:49
Wow what a gallery- and these pictures, well they speak for themselves- thanks Brother fro getting the message out- Paul

raymond ker		17-Jun-2006 20:06
On the contrary, Michael, this is powerful and invaluable social commentary and photojournalism, especially because it's done with so much humanity and sensitvity. Our compliments and gratitude! V !!

De'Carr Studio		24-May-2006 02:30
Outstanding gallery. Direct and to the point. Excellent candid captures. Big vote

cat bounds		27-Apr-2006 02:36
Michael, a very sensitive and brave gallery. It's easier to look the other way.

Chuck Kuhn		22-Mar-2006 13:30
Change a few words and this could be another favorite city of mind..San Francisco.. TFS

Guest		09-Mar-2006 05:07
You do us all a service by posting these. Uncomfortable? Yes...and we should be uncomfortable.

Richard Calmes		07-Mar-2006 20:55
Great photojournalism! Lots of emotions. Well shot images! V

Guest		06-Mar-2006 13:58
My hat's off for this powerful and moving gallery you made. Images desplayed here reminds us how lucky we are. I wish these people could also find the right moment they deserve. V.

SRW		05-Mar-2006 21:07
A great example of real photojournalism. You are to be commended. We all need to be reminded that this is how life is for many.... (V)

Guenter Eh		05-Mar-2006 18:15
Big emotions with this gallery!!! It is important to show this to us all!

Guest		04-Mar-2006 11:23
Powerful and heart-rending gallery. GMV

Belle Anne Butler		04-Mar-2006 02:20
Why not?! Art SHOULD depict life. Nice collection.

Dia		13-Feb-2006 02:25
These pictures tell a lot.... no need to say anything more. Thanks !

Guest		13-Feb-2006 02:20
A heart wrenching gallery! Thanks for the reminder of how good we have it .. even though most of us are a paycheck away from this... you wonder what brought these people where they are now.. hopefully they will find recovery ...

Jen Bixler		12-Feb-2006 23:24
Every picture tells a story. Kudos to you on your gallery.

...duncan		12-Feb-2006 22:03
I agree with Chris. This is brilliant work. You have my vote and a lot of my respect. There are not many people who could do work like this. Well done.

Guest		12-Feb-2006 17:33
You needn't apologize for your documentary vision. This is a brillian, sad and poignant gallery. Our castoffs exist in every corner of our world, but your photography personalizes their existance even if the viewer does not want to know.

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