LAURA ORFANELLI
is crazy!
BUMDOG TORRES is a temporarily housed, homeless creator whose ingenuity transforms hardship into art, humanising the overlooked by documenting life on the streets and the people who endure it.
A self-published street photographer and filmmaker, he channels his resourcefulness into chronicling Los Angeles’ homeless community, offering his subjects a glimmer of their own beauty along with his friendship and support.
Currently, Bumdog is focusing on exhibitions and seminars about his creative methodology, selling prints, books and t-shirts where he cultivates his work.
SELECTION OF PORTRAITS
"Career Homeless Bum"
I learned how to be homeless. I knew I never wanted to have a regular 9–5 job, or go back to school. Without a job or an education, I knew I was either gonna end up dead, in jail, or some bum on the street. I chose the third one. — Bumdog