“I asked him what he needed. “Socks.” He and I had a good laugh when I said I had a whole bunch of socks without mates, about 10 of them, which I am going to take to him. And toothpaste. It’s the small things in our life that make such a difference.”

“Clay Jones: Roosevelt is mostly a town dweller. He went to Adelitta Cancryn and then Charlotte Amalie High School. He’s 49. When I asked him what he needed he said to get back to his Nubian culture. I then asked him if he could say something to the community, what would it be? ‘Help.’ He added he would like to have clean clothes and a place to bathe.”

“Danny is 55 years old. He’s the guy you see selling palm frond roses on the Waterfront. I’ve know him for about 20 years. I also know his mother. The family would like him to come home, but Danny wants to live free.”

“Deborah Carlisle is new to the island. She is 55. She’s only lived here since November. She has lived in a lot of places. She came here from Hawaii. It was a geographic cure I think. She’s dealing with a real tragedy in her life.”

“I have known ‘Frenchy’ for close to 20 years. I have photographed him for 15. He was one of the first models. When I started photographing him he had this way of posing without even asking him. He automatically goes into these artistic poses.”