Above: On Sundays, their single day off from, selling papers, Melissa
and Sean often g oto the Ananda Temple and Teaching Center fo r
prayer and meditation. “We literally live on prayer,”says Melissa,
who considers herself a Taoist Christian.
Above: Into yoga, tai chi and martialarts, Melissa is drawn to. the beauty of their techniques. Also passionate about
knitting, Sean and Melissa love the meditative qudlity o f the craft and long to make sweaters now that the leaves are
changing.
Right: Waiting for
her Social Security
Disability benefits
to be approved,
Melissa spends her
days dreaming o f
bike shopping,
shoes that f i t and a
trip to the San
J u a n Islands.
“When you are
homeless, you have
nothing but time.”
Below:
After leaving their
first apartment, the
couplefind
themselves at a .■
makeshift homeless
shelter on 39 acres,
in Cornelius.
Tenants are asked
to pay $300 per
month or do chores
to rent a room in a
privately owned
home.
King Scholarship and has been honored by
eah Nash is a Portland-based
PDN, thè Magenta Foundation, the Eddie
photographer with a passion for
Adams Workshop and by CPOYi.
documenting the everyday and the
extreme, which she often finds are one and Her clients include Newsweek, Mother
Jones, GEO Magazine, The Fader, The New
the same. She holds a master’s degree in
York Times, Der Spiegel, Stem , The
photoj ournalism from the University of
Washington Post and local publications
Missouri and in 2004 was awarded a
including Street Roots, The Oregonian,
Fulbright Grant to photograph the AIDS
Oregon Business Magazine and Portland
crisis in India.
Monthly.
Throughout the years, she has received
More of her work can be viewed at www.
the Marty Forscher Fellowship for
LeahNash.com.
Humanistic Photography, the NPPA Kit C.
B