Photography By Shelly

So I was in New York City many years ago....back when I was shooting film. I took two different pics of two different "street people" and neither one of them turned out. Not over or under exposed just not on the film at all....as if I never even took them. I still to this day think of those two men......
A couple of years ago I was back in NYC and took this photo. This person was so young! Just a boy really. If we choose to see it, it's a reminder that pain and struggles exist outside of ourselves.