THE TENDERLOIN PROJECT

Posted by Kennedy/Citizens Of Shred on 7 September 2010 | 0 Comments

Tags: Photography, Events, Art

This is the preview of a photography exhibition called The Tenderloin Project. The Tenderloin is the grimy area of San Francisco where employment is low and homelessness high.

Every city has an area that a lot of people try to avoid if possible. The park on Lake Street in Northbridge for example or Vancouvers' East Hastings and SF has The Tenderloin. 
I actually stayed in the Tenderloin when I was in SF a couple of months ago. Out of all the places I have been that have had people struggling to make ends meet this was the most shocking. San Fran has by far; out of any city I've seen the most in your face poverty. It really shows the seedy side of the USA that they would rather you not be exposed to. Go check it out, an experience to say the least.

Filmed and Edited by Sean Desmond.

This is what the people behind the project had to say about it: 

"The Tenderloin Project is an ongoing artistic endeavor focused on one of San Francisco's most marginalized neighborhoods, The Tenderloin. Utilizing the interactive mediums of photography and film, we aim to capture a compelling and honest portrait of this diverse community.

With living exhibitions that will travel through San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles and New York the project will be showcased in a variety of outlets, creating access for a range of viewers to see these intimate, yet objective images, and to understand what life is like in the Tenderloin.

The project will culminate in publishing the images in book form, with proceeds from the sales being donated to organizations that promote and give access to art in the Tenderloin. This, we feel, will allow our project to live on for years and generations to come in the form of art within the community." - The Tenderloin Project

The Tenderloin Project is: Sean (Photographer/Founder), John Elliot (Co-Founder) and Homa Zarghamee (Exhibiting Producer).

thetenderloinproject.com