The Prince and the Pauper

In a series of richly-imagined portraits, visual artist Horia Manolache has explored the way in which stereotypes and prejudices regarding homeless people are formed in and inhabit the social perceptions. A part of our photographic series, the exhibition based on this journey into a world of exclusion presents ten moving digital portraits of homeless individuals living in the streets of San Francisco who are not reluctant to share their vision of how they dream to be regarded.  

Throughout his work, Horia Manolache has responded to actual social crises in thoughtful and powerful ways by creating works that examine the background and social environments that have given rise to them. His approach reveals the cultural forces at play and at the same time offers a place of reflection, dreaming, and hoping. Horia's striking portraits are a judicious and of-the-moment exploration of social status and possibility. Inspired by Caravaggio's dramatic technique…