Children of Dust: Midnight Sighing of the Poor, Second Edition is a documentary and contemplative photography book exploring homelessness, poverty, urban decay, and social decline through photographs created in Grand Rapids, Chicago, and St. Louis.
Through black-and-white images of people, streets, abandoned structures, discarded objects, and deteriorating neighborhoods, the book examines the striking contradictions between poverty and prosperity and between human suffering and the modern city surrounding it.
This expanded Second Edition adds quotations and reflections addressing poverty, homelessness, compassion, justice, social responsibility, urban decline, and the erosion of civilization. The words are intended as contemplative companions to the photographs rather than explanations of them, allowing each image to retain its dignity, ambiguity, and emotional power.
