Heading Home is an organization trying to end homelessness in the Boston area by providing permanent housing solutions. I began volunteering in 1996 and got to know many of the men, women, and families that they serve by spending time in one of their Cambridge facilities.
As a photographer, I realized that I could help to raise public awareness about the problem of homelessness by taking portraits that would contradict the stereotypes that most people associate with the homeless. The men, women and children that I have had the privilege to meet shared their life stories with me, and told me about their experience with homelessness. Most feel anonymous and faceless, shunned and feared by a society that would prefer to avoid them. These portraits, taken over a two-year period, are an effort to put a face on the problem of homelessness, a problem that has only worsened after the recent economic crisis.
David Weinberg is a retired physician who established a second career as a photographer. He received a Certificate in Professional Photography from Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts in 2006, and has exhibited his work in numerous solo and group shows in Boston (including at the PRC) and New York City. Currently, he serves as a member of the Danforth Art Center Advisory Board and the Framingham State University Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees the operations and collection of the Danforth Art Center at FSU. Additionally, he is a board member of the Photographic Resource Center and the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. He is a long-time resident of Brookline, Massachusetts.
