Project HOME: Unintended Consequences, Welfare Cuts, prints

Creator:

Finkle, Harvey (creator, photographer)

Date:

1995

Description:

Black-and-white photographic prints from Harvey Finkle's photographic essay titled, "Unintended Consequences." Prints feature portraits of individuals affected by legislation changing General Assistance [income assistance] in Pennsylvania. According to Finkle's captions on these photographs, the "Unintended Consequences" photograph essay "is concerned with single people who were cut off of General Assistance [welfare], a source of income solely funded by the state of Pennsylvania. Legislation was posed by Governor Casey and passed by the legislature, effective 11/94. This project is an attempt to document the effect of this reduction which virtually eliminates the safety net for over 50,000 people between the ages of 45 and 64, who had been receiving $204 monthly and now receive $204 annually.” Harvey Finkle (born March 28, 1934) is a self-taught documentary still photographer who has documented the social, economic, cultural, and political issues in the city of Philadelphia and across the globe. Finkle's work largely focuses on historically marginalized communities, including low income and homeless families, homeless veterans, refugees, immigrants, and disabled people, providing documentation of activism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and focuses on social injustices in the city, the country, and the world.

Provenance:

Gifts of Harvey Finkle, 2020 and 2021.

Subject:

Homelessness; Homeless persons; Homeless persons--Services for; Human rights; Public welfare

Form/Genre:

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Geographic Subject:

Pennsylvania

Related Place:

Pennsylvania

Rights:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

Rights Note:

The contents of the "Harvey Finkle photographs," an archival collection of photographic material created by Harvey Finkle, of which this volume of digitized images is a part, is held at the University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts and is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Notes:

All photographs taken by Harvey Finkle. The front and back of each black-and-white photographic print has been scanned. In some cases, pertinent information is written or inscribed on the back of the prints that is not reflected in the description of this volume of photographs.

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 1531, Box 24, Folder 5-6

Collection:

Harvey Finkle photographs