Portraits Of Homeless People And Their Dreams Of Old

Photo © by Horia Manolache

For his new project The Prince and the Pauper, San Francisco-based photographer Horia Manolache connected with homeless people, learned their stories, and shot two portraits of each of them: the first shows them as they are now, and the second portrait shows them in the life or career they had once dreamed about.

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Photo © by Horia Manolache

After meeting his subjects and getting to know them, Manolache invited them to a portrait session in a studio set up in a hotel room. Manolache’s wife gave haircuts and applied makeup for the “dream” portraits, and the props and outfits were rented or purchased from eBay and Amazon.

Photo © by Horia Manolache

Photo © by Horia Manolache

Photo © by Horia Manolache

Photo © by Horia Manolache

Photo © by Horia Manolache

Photo © by Horia Manolache

Photo © by Horia Manolache