Anawim Housing + Joe Crimmings Photography

Project Des Moines is a partnership with Anawim Housing and photographer Joe Crimmings to help tell the story of our community. Anawim’s dedication to end homelessness and ensure the most vulnerable have a safe place to call home inspired Crimmings to create images around the idea of what homelessness looks like in Des Moines and work to end the stigma associated with it. Each person was photographed in a similar fashion, those who have faced homelessness and those fortunate to have not and explore our own biases and force us to rethink how we look at our fellow neighbors. The Des Moines community is a better, more beautiful place because of the people and stories woven into its fabric.