Through their own eyes: How cameras empower the unhoused
Once Yvonne Schaad got sober, she avoided New Orleans’ French Quarter. It felt as if the Quarter and its raucous Bourbon Street were a person, someone she could no longer look in the eye. Before, she had panhandled there to help make ends meet while living on the Crescent City’s streets.
Ms. Schaad’s bout with alcoholism ended seven years ago. For six years now, she’s been housed.
The catalyst was someone placing a camera in her hands.
The camera came to Ms. Schaad through the nonprofit and its MyNew Orleans Photo Project, co-founded by Heather Milton. The aim is simple: pass out disposable cameras to locals previously or currently affected by homelessness, who are tasked
