American Street Philosophers: the Success of Failure is a visiting, an understanding, an appreciating and ultimately a resolve for our dilemma. "Rather than dismiss, relocate, complain...the plight of poverty is a metaphor for what our culture is becoming." "...Sobering and inspiring." Thoughts for humans. This book is not a manual on how to cure homelessness or addiction. The cure is not one-size-fits-all. Yet there is hope, and you will see in the residents of Dignity Village what hope looks like. This book is a perspective of humanity through a series of photographs from a compassionate, award-winning, international photojournalist who has chosen to wind down his storied career with images that may help us see that we are not so different after all. If we are to bridge the chasm of mystique to understand and accept these poetic and enigmatic American Street Philosophers, this book is a step in that direction.