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This photograph titled Anneke, shot in 1993 by Peter Darren Moyle, is an example of his amazing work and inspirational story. Moyle was well known on the streets of Woolloomooloo, Australia for his beautiful portraits of homeless people, his ability to capture their character and ulimatley give the faceless, a face.

Moyle was so dedicated to the notion that the way to reveal the true characters of these people was to embrace their lifestyle, that he lived among the streets ten plus years. He set up dark rooms in squats, warehouses and cars. To be sure he could afford film, he ate out of trash cans and slept on couches on the side of the road. His relentless devotion to his work created some of the most profound, sotry telling black and white photographs that document a social history laregly absent from the greater conciousness.

Moyle had earned the respect of people from all walks of life, from the down and out guy sleeping in the shed, to the business man in the suit and tie. His work behind the lens has forever changed the way I view homeless people. It is easy to get wrapped up in the stereotypes placed on homeless by the media but you must remember one is not defined by his posessions.


Here's an article from the Sydney Morning Harold about Peter Darren Moyle