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Photographer offers free portraits in downtown eastside

A Vancouver photographer takes free Christmas portraits for people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

On 'free portrait day' Jonathan Cruz takes Christmas photographs for low income residents

Free Portrait Vancouver

11 years ago
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A celebrity photographer is taking free portraits for people in Vancouver who can't afford it

A Vancouver photographer is giving away timeless Christmas presents in the form of portraits.

Jonathan Cruz usually takes photos of celebrities and fashion icons in hisGastown studio.

On Wednesday, Jonathan and hisarmy of volunteers, photographers and makeup artists offered free portraits to people in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

"The big difference is that these people haven't been photographed in a long time. For most people there is always a camera or a phone somewhere. We're meeting people who haven't been photographed in fiveyears, 10 years," he said.

with files from the CBC's Gloria Macarenko