The Invisible 不可见者（中文描述尚未完成）

This project, titled The Invisible, focuses on the homeless population in London. There are over 300,000 homeless individuals in the UK—half of them living in London. For this project, I spent more than three months meeting with over 30 people experiencing homelessness. I sat with each of them for hours on the streets, interviewing them and documenting their lives. I shared meals with them and, at times, even slept rough alongside them. While this is a project about homelessness, at its core, it reflects on the city of London and the people it has abandoned.
Homelessness is a common sight in London, but that should never be an excuse to ignore it—especially in a city so full of uncertainty. Brexit has made life more precarious for the younger generation living here, and austerity-driven cuts to public funding have made survival even harder for marginalized communities. This project aims to listen to their voices, document their experiences, and give them the space to tell their own stories. I hope the work might spark change, though I have my doubts about whether photography alone can transform anyone’s circumstances. As I delved deeper into the project, I realized I could neither determine the cause of someone’s homelessness nor claim to know what might lift them out of it. Like you and me, they are complex individuals.
I’ve come to see that the lives of people experiencing homelessness mirror our own in many ways. In another light, they might even be seen as those who have escaped the traps of modern society. They are refugees of this city—and in a way, truly free, though that freedom comes at a steep cost.

Note: For privacy reasons, the written descriptions do not correspond to the individuals in the photos.

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这个项目名为不可见者（The Invisible），聚焦伦敦的无家可归者群体。英国有超过30万无家可归者，其中一半居住在伦敦。为了这个项目，我花了三个多月的时间，与30多位无家可归者见面。我和他们每人坐在街上，一坐就是几个小时，采访他们，记录他们的生活。我与他们一起吃饭，有时甚至露宿街头。 虽然这个项目的主题是无家可归的人，但其核心是反思伦敦这座城市以及那些被它抛弃的灵魂。

无家可归者在伦敦屡见不鲜，但这绝不能成为忽视它的借口——尤其是在这样一个充满不确定性的城市。英国脱欧让居住在伦敦的年轻一代的生活更加岌岌可危，而紧缩政策导致的公共资金削减也让边缘群体的生存更加艰难。这个项目旨在倾听他们的声音，记录他们的经历，并给予他们讲述自身故事的空间。我希望这件作品能够带来改变，尽管我怀疑单凭摄影能否改变任何人的处境。 随着我对这个项目的深入研究，我意识到我既无法确定一个人无家可归的原因，也无法声称知道如何帮助他们摆脱困境。就像你我一样，他们也是复杂的个体。 我逐渐意识到，无家可归者的生活在很多方面都与我们的生活如出一辙。从另一个角度来看，他们甚至可以被视为逃离现代社会陷阱的人。他们是这座城市的难民——在某种程度上，他们拥有真正的自由，尽管这种自由的代价高昂。

备注：出于隐私考量，文字描述与图片上的人物并不对应。