In the Field:
​a Visual Ethnography of People Experiencing Homelessness 

In the Field is an ongoing project reflecting my work as a social worker in housing people experiencing chronic homelessness, which I started in 2017. As a part of the work, I would spend about 9 months (and up to 3 years) working intimately with my clients before housing interventions were in place, offering case management and referrals. When their time for housing would come up, I would help them move in. The process would be short and quick, and rather dull to me as part of my daily work,  but to them - to someone who had been sleeping outside for 5, 10, and up to 30 years, the experience was monumental.  I felt as if every day I would witness miracles in private, while also feeling the loneliness that many people experiencing homelessness would experience at the sight of living such a life-changing and life-saving event by themselves.  I started this project to commemorate their achievements.
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The  project was expanded  upon in 2021 as apart of a public art project organized by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority and Hope Atlanta.