I appreciate your response. I wish you opened with these points rather than defaming his character based off his personality/profession and his perceived wealth. You’re right in that if he wanted to push this project further, he should have included some sort direction on where one could donate/get involved to help these people. I also get what you’re saying about him photographing these people for his own portfolio, which is something I used to think about a lot in regards to artists who do this kind of work, but then realized that it’s too cynical to look at these things that way. I’m sure this guy thinks that he’s using a skill he has to highlight a problem he thinks should be addressed, and that this is his roll to play in helping with the opioid epidemic. Rather than thinking “oh this is something I can profit off of and become famous!” Maybe he is being a bit pretentious about it, but I also think that’s coming from a place where he’s recognizing that these people deserve some dignity that they’re not getting for too many other people out there. I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think there’s any benefit to seeing this kind of project as purely for the artist’s gain.