Real People Real Lives Courage & Hope in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver

A unique photo storytelling exhibit 'Real People, Real Lives...Courage and Hope in the Downtown Eastside' was unveiled in October 2009.

'Real People, Real Lives', a candid portrait of 12 people who live in one of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, is a collaboration between Atira Women's Resource Society and its property management company, award-winning photographer Michael Bednar, and the provincial government.

The photographer spent over a year working with the 12 subjects and came to know them well. Each has shown courage in coming to terms with personal difficulties such as homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, or past experiences working in the sex trade. 'Real People, Real Lives' challenges viewers to see beyond these labels and to recognize that these people have hopes and dreams just like everyone else.
Website:http://www.realpeoplereallives.ca/

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• BC
• Housing
• Micheal
• Bednar
• Downtown
• Eastside
• Supportive
• art
• exhibit
• homelessness
• Vancouver