“San Francisco is a mess. I pick up 200 dirty heroin needles a day.” Gedion

Photography by Jonath Mathew

I’m not the type of person who particularly desires attention. I am not here to claim the face of homelessness, and when first approached to share my story, I had to consider this to be an exploitation tactic: another merciless frame to squeeze the unfortunate into, tacking them high up on the wall for all the wealthy to see. However, over the 40 years I have…