A rough sleeper takes shelter under the awning of a bank spruiking home loans, on Pitt Street in Sydney’s CBD.
While the government is telling people to self-isolate at home, a new wave of homeless people is appearing on the city’s streets as businesses close, job losses hit record numbers and mental health is put under intense pressure as a result of COVID-19. The homeless are some of the most vulnerable people at risk to the virus. With winter around the corner, conditions for those without a roof over their heads is about to get even more difficult.
Part of an ongoing photographic series, 'COVID-19 Diaries'.
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