1st. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe The Strong family is homeless, living in a tent in a campground. Holly, exhausted, sweaty and dusty, feeds her 1-year-old daughter by the light of her cell phone’s flashlight on the hard, rocky ground. The year before, with two working parents, $80,000 a year in income, four kids, and a stable home in Warwick, Rhode Island, the Strong family was living the American dream. Then they were evicted, and the nightmare began. Their landlord wanted a relative to move into their unit, so they were lawfully evicted, and no one would rent to them due to their less than perfect credit and family size. They depleted all their savings living in motels, and ended up in a tent in a camp ground. After two weeks living in a tent, a relative agreed to rent them a room in their crowded house. By New Year, 2023, they still did not have a home of their own.
2nd. Angela Rowlings / Freelance A young member of Woo Ching’s White Crane Kung Fu System picks up an orange to give to an elected official to bring luck and prosperity during Boston’s Chinatown Lion Dance Parade celebrating the Lunar New Year of the Tiger on Sunday, February 13, 2022.
3rd. Erin Clark / The Boston Globe Frederik Mayet, 41, leans on a cross before heading to the stage for his impending crucifixion scene in the Passion Play on July 12, 2022 in Oberammergau, Germany. Mayet is the first Jesus in his family, and it’s a big deal. “It really changed my life somehow, he said. “It was really important to me, being in the passion play, in such an important role”. Mayet is part of an 1,800 person cast, many actors performing five days a week from May until October, and all local to Oberammergau. The play happens every ten years.
HM. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe Medway 11/11/22 Bill Purnell,60, takes a 20-minute ice bath in a backyard dunk tank filled with 10 bags of ice to make the water temperature 36 degrees. He holds his breath as he submerges himself for 30 seconds. Purnell credits daily ice baths with helping him lose 35 pounds. He runs an online website for cold enthusiasts, and coaches people in the frigid plunges. (metro)
HM. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe Kiel Strong and his family of six are homeless and now living in one room in his cousin’s house. He looks for something on the television for his family to watch as they quarantine in their room with COVID symptoms, awaiting test results on October, 29, 2022. The year before, with two working parents, $80,000 a year in income, four kids, and a stable home in Warwick, Rhode Island, the Strong family was living the American dream. Then they were evicted, and the nightmare began. Their landlord wanted a relative to move into their unit, so they were lawfully evicted, and no one would rent to them due to their less than perfect credit and family size. They depleted all their savings living in motels, and ended up in a tent in a camp ground before landing in a room in his cousin’s crowded house. By New Year, 2023, they still did not have a home of their own.
