Ron 2007. Photo by Lynn Blodgett. ©2007 Belo Corp.DALLAS, Texas (Dallas Morning News), November 13, 2007:
For Dallas technology executive Lynn Blodgett, 53, photography is more than hobby. It's a passion. Blodgett may be living proof of the John Lennon line that "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." Quips Lynn Blodgett:
"One of the first people I went to photograph said, 'I'm a poet.' So, he read me a poem he'd written about the war in Iraq. He was an older man who looked a lot like Bill Cosby. He wore a sweater and was very dignified. And the poem was stunning."
Blodgett has released Finding Grace: The Face of America's Homeless, which American Photo magazine recently called one of the top 10 books of 2007. The book contains about 100 photographs, 30 of which will be shown in an exhibition which is part of Dallas' Help the Homeless Week.
Dallas is one of 12 U.S. cities where Mr. Blodgett chose to take pictures. The American homeless "possess a level of humanity and dignity" that left him surprised to the point of astonishment. He ended up photographing hundreds of people, ranging from infants to the elderly. Mr. Blodgett's photos "capture the pain and dignity, innocence and sadness of homeless men, women and children. They are windows into the humanity of people living without."
"They are not photographs of people huddled up in sleeping bags on the street." They "put a human face" on one of society's most vexing social problems.
By Michael Granberry/ The Dallas Morning News
