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I saw photographs today that genuinely made me cry. Images like this one. He'sÌýa young homeless Lithuanian man on the streets of Belfast. It's the way heÌýlooks straight at the camera, his eyes kind of defying you toÌýdareÌýlook away.ÌýThe black bruise under his eye tells another story. It's magnetic.Ìý

His wife's picture hangs on the wall next to him. She looks so much older than her years. Her head is in her hands.

"Looking in" is a new exhibition of works by Belfast photographer Donal McCann, commissioned by the Welcome Organisation, a local charity which offers basic needs food, showers, laundry and a daytime drop in centre for homeless people.

They describe the photos as "showing the human face of homelessness".ÌýFor me, I was being asked to look into the eyes of a person I probably walk past every day.Ìý

This exhibition needs to be seen by a much wider audience. Let's hope that it gets the chance to tour other venues in Belfast and further afield.

ÌýIt's at the Waterfront Hall from today until the 29th June.