Portfolio
Beloved
Mama I Love You
Riegelmann Boardwalk,Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
Knife, 5th and Main near The Alexandria Hotel
Women in Park
Injured woman with cup of ice on a very hot day near Gladys Park at 6th Street
Jennifer on 6th and Towne Ave, Skid Row, Los Angeles. Jennifer had no shelter, having had her tent and clothing stolen by a neighbor. The scar is the result of a knife attack by another woman.
Jerry
Los Angeles Street, Skid Row, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Street, Skid Row, DTLA
India on 5th Street near The Rosslyn, Historic Core, DTLA. India had been punched in the eye and beaten by someone on San Julian Street.India has since disappeared on Skid Row.
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Baudelaire Is Everywhere
Christine reads Baudelaire on Crocker Street at 3rd.Christine is an artist, and I met her for the first time on this day, applying makeup on the sidewalk along Los Angeles Street.She has schizophrenia and has struggled with heroin addiction since she was a teenager. she is in her early twenties here.
Christine on Towne Avenue near 4th Street in February 2017
Breeze and her partner had recently left skid row, and used boosting from major retailers to support themselves.Breeze had been on Skid Row for years before she tried to break away, moving to a tent on echo park lake and hoping never to return to the chaos of Skid Row.
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Cindy And Monica
5th Street at The Alexandria, DTLA
batman on crockett street
batman holds his kitten on skid row,los angeles,in front of his tent
Doreen and Gary, Stanford Avenue, February 2018
Christine on Towne Avenue
Christine gets ready to inject heroin after visiting the needle exchange on 4th street. she picked up a new coat from the exchange, and sits with it on her lap. The needle exchange provides safe works, food, clothes and medical care. Christine struggles with past abuse and trauma, addiction and schizophrenia.
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