A photographer turned homeless, wanders the streets, disconnected from the homeless community. He fills the void with his own ramblings to forget the painful past but when his past catches up with him, his mind becomes his worst enemy. I wrote and directed this film in 2006 before high-definition video was widely available. The production was gorilla style filmmaking with a low budget, almost entirely shot handheld on locations near Salt Lake City, Utah. Some of the locations are actual spots where the SLC homeless spend their time, including the SLC soup kitchen/homeless shelter - Rescue Mission. Portraits was shot on the Canon GL2 with the Glidecam. Crew members consisted of many of my good friends, namely Nolan Southerland - editor, Drew Brinley - DP (RIP), Seth Kawasaki - Gaffer, and Bryce Ott - Key Grip. My good friend Dallin Anderson composed the excellent music for the soundtrack. The principle actor who plays Larry, the photographer turned homeless, is Brad Felice. H! e did an amazing job and truly transformed himself into a homeless so much that even the real life homeless spoke to him as if he were one of them. Gabe Casdorph did all of the voice-over, inner monologue work. Without him, this film wouldn't be complete. Portraits is an official submission of the Your Film Festival sponsored by YouTube, so please watch it, share it with friends, and let me know what you think. This version has been cut down from the original length of 16 minutes to meet the YouTube
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