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Through photography and storytelling, Renato Rampolla aims to call attention to the inherent humanity of unhoused people and disrupt prevailing narratives about homelessness. Inspired by his mother, a social worker, he began collecting stories and images from people he came across on the street in order to more deeply grasp their struggles. In his portraits, Rampolla focuses his lens on his subjects’ faces rather than on their surroundings, emphasizing the immutability of human dignity regardless of situation. He explains, “I'm not a documentary photographer, I don't really show their circumstance, I'm showing their humanity. So I focus my lens on their eyes. I want you to see the human being that’s there.”