Charles

Charles is a portrait of a middleaged man I met outside a 711 late one night on the outskirts of Oklahoma City in 2015 Charles had been homeless for some years estranged from his family because of his schizophrenia and was living by a pond at the back of the convenience store We instantly formed a very intimate connection due to his gentle and deeply compassionate outlook on life He told me beautiful stories about how he would talk to the trees and clouds before going to sleep each evening and his plans to visit his daughter in Memphis before the end of the year We ate some dinner together by his pond before shooting this portrait at about 3am