The unlikely subject of Homme Less is well aware of how to work with the camera, but for the first time, former model Mark Reay is opening up about a side of himself he’s kept hidden from the spotlight. Despite a glamorous life on and off the catwalk, Reay is essentially homeless but still effortlessly pretending he isn’t. He’s handsome, well dressed and charming, always pushing forward with bit work here and there, as a movie extra and a street-style photographer, while living on the roof of a New York apartment building. He’s an entertaining figure and the film successfully breaks through his “man about town” shtick to reveal his vulnerable side, usually hidden from the fashion elite. It’s a short, simply told but thought-provoking film about looking beyond the stereotypes usually attached to homelessness.
