Meet Marie, Earl and Abenezer (age 22). Earl is from Toronto and has run into some bad luck but he’s described as working homeless. He is trying to make ends meet and save enough to be able to find a home. Marie is from the Yukon. Abenezer has been in Canada for five years and has been living on the streets for the last four years.

If you have any winter clothing lying around in your storage, please donate them to a local charity. Or even better, why not make a donation in honour of a friend or family for Christmas.

The Technical Stuff: These photos were shot with a Nikon D700, ISO 2500, with a 50mm lens at F1.4 (which is why you get that beautiful shallow depth of field). The catch lights in their eyes show up because I made sure that a brighter part of the sky (deep blue) was behind me and they would have to face that way.