What started me many years ago on this path was that I wasn't seeing in the media the truth," she said. "It was always, 'We're doing better,' and nothing was making sense. Two plus two was not equaling four. So it was really important to me to get that information out in a way that I found to be accurate and respectful.
Discepola agrees that there can be value in showing the conditions of the streets - but a better way to do it might be to humanize those being photographed.
I photograph the people that I meet, the random people that kind of come through there, but also just like the day-to-day kind of things that happen. There are people who are homeless and there are people using drugs, and sometimes that's going on when I'm there and I'm capturing it.
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