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Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist David Leeson filmed homeless teens at Covenant House in Houston as they shared their struggles of life on the street. Filmed for Do1Thing (hyperlink to do1thing.mediahive.com), Leeson introduces us to teen after teen, as they tell their heart wrenching stories as they are thrown into adulthood.

For more about David Leeson go to www.davidleeson.com

Homeless youth "Perry", 20-years-old and staying at Covenant House in New York City, is an aspiring artist. Some people are surprised to hear that he's a talented pianist, is completely self-taught, and writes his own music. He has ambitions of going to college and working in the music business.

Perry chose to be homeless instead of staying with an abusive family but he hasn't given up his dreams of a better future. Join Do1Thing on Valentines Day 2009 to help someone less fortunate than yourselves. Join our nationwide movement to raise awareness for the more than 1.3 million homeless youth in America.

This video portrait was produced for do1thing.mediahive.com by award-winning still photographer David Bergman using the Nikon D90 DSLR camera. http://do1thing.mediahive.com http://www.DavidBergman.net/

Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv has produced some of the most important images of conflict and other humanitarian crises that have made headlines from around the world since the end of the Cold War. A co-founder of VII, whose work is published by top magazines worldwide, including: Fortune, The NY Times Magazine, Time, Vanity Fair, Paris Match and Stern. He has published two critically acclaimed collections of his photography — Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal, and Afghanistan: On the Road to Kabul ? and has contributed his wide-ranging body of work to several other books. With a special focus on exposing human rights violations, he has covered conflict and humanitarian crises in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and the Balkans. Most recently, he has documented wars in Darfur and the DR Congo. His often-searing photographs have earned Haviv some of the highest accolades in photography, including awards from World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year, Overseas Press Club, and the Leica Medal of Excellence. He regularly lectures at universities and seminars, and numerous museums and galleries have featured his work, including the United Nations, The Louvre and The Council on Foreign Relations. Haviv has been the central character in three films. National Geographic Explorer?s Freelance in a World of Risk explores the hazards inherent in combat photography. The Serbian-made documentary Vivisect explores Serbian reaction to the Blood and Honey exhibit. Eyes of the World, which has featured in film festival worldwide, examines Haviv as a witness to war. In addition, Haviv has spoken about his work on The Charlie Rose Show, NPR, Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, MSNBC and The Best Damn Sports Show Ever. Haviv donated his time to photograph homeless teenagers for the Do1Thing project. do1thing.mediahive.com