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For two years, he documented an unhoused community. Sometimes, he put the camera down.

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Ryan Caron King spent two years immersed in a New Haven experiment in housing, navigating questions of access, privacy and journalistic independence

A seated Blyss proudly pointed to an old computer speaker she had picked up at a thrift store, mounted behind her between wooden pallet slabs serving as shelves.

Then there was the small monitor she had bought on clearance from Walmart. It connected to her phone, allowing her to watch YouTube videos or movies. 

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