Homeless people, despite the difficulties they encounter in their everyday life, can become famous personalities in their cities.
This is the case of Slavik, a 55-year-old fashion-conscious homeless man in Lviv, Ukraine, who was noticed by Yurko Dyachyshyn, a Ukrainian photographer.
Dyachyshyn began taking photos of Slavik after a chance encounter; then he created a 100-photo series called “Slavik’s Fashion.”
Debriefing Slavik in the photographs, the photographer wrote: “Slavik is 55 years old. He is a homeless gypsy but not an ordinary one. His way of life is different from that of the other homeless. He does not carry lots of bags, nor does he rummage in the trash cans.”
He added that Slavik almost never wears the same outfit twice, changes his hairdo and beard on a regular basis and also shaves his armpits.
“He has a hiding place and nobody knows about it. He keeps the secret of his home,” the photographer says.
“Slavik roams the streets and asks for change but is not annoying. He regularly drinks alcohol, mostly beer, but he is not an alcoholic. Slavik is the most fashionable homeless man in world.”
“The main thing is not to lose health, and it is essential that nobody ruins or interferes with a man’s internal peace,” Dyachyshyn writes, quoting Slavik.
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