Jeff Cagle
i am a freelance documentary and editorial photographer living in the chicago suburbs.
my portfolio is at jeffcagle.com.
get in touch: jeffrey [dot] cagle [at] gmail
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I spent part of my evening yesterday at Hesed House in Aurora photographing intake and dinner services at its emergency shelter for the homeless. I was sent there for tomorrow’s cover story on how many shelters in Illinois are at risk of running out of funds by the end of the year. That would be a terrible thing, because Hesed House had to turn people away less than an hour after it opened last night because it had already run out of beds.
With a readership that expands into some of the most affluent suburbs around Chicagoland, I hope this photo is jarring enough to make at least one new person realize that homelessness doesn’t just affect the stereotypical down-on-their luck drunk hobo.
The rest of the gallery can be seen here.
