The Julie Project

A heartbreaking and difficult to complete photo essay that at times made me angry and at other times made me sad. Definitely worth a look and stick with it until the end.

From Darcy Padilla...

The purpose of the project is to take the disparate arguments about welfare, poverty, family rights, AIDS, drug and sexual abuse by looking at one person’s life, Julie.

Julie’s story matters and should make a difference to us the viewer in our
understanding of the fractured world that many poor people struggle to exist in.

As a friend said, "I realize this type of story plays out constantly in the world for
many, many families. The pieces slip away or no one cares to remember the details.
We see the summation of cause and effect in a homeless face on the street every day.
It can be too complicated, uncomfortable and painful to ask why."

I hope you can’t stop thinking about Julie’s story, I hope it makes you feel.
I hope it makes you look at the world differently.