Doreen and Gary, Stanford Avenue, February 2018
Injure woman with cup of ice on a very hot day near Gladys Park at 6th Street
Baudelaire Is Everywhere
Christine reads Baudelaire on Crocker Street at 3rd
India on 5th Street near The Rosslyn, Historic Core, DTLA
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.
Genevine on Towne Avenue near 6th Street, Skid Row, Los Angeles
Leanne having breakfast on the street at 7th and Stanford Ave, Skid Row, Los Angeles
Crocker Avenue, Los Angeles
As I drove through Skid Row one Saturday morning, I saw this woman with striking red shoes. I stopped to ask her if I could take some pictures, and she was very pleased. We were on Crocker near 4th street, and i noticed that she was meticulously gathering bits of trash and other objects from the street, and setting them on fire in a little charcoal grill she had on the sidewalk. She burned the mattress she is pictured laying on the night before.
Christine on Towne Avenue near 4th Street in February 2017
Christine on Towne Avenue near 4th Street in February 2017
Veni Vidi Vici
Christine, Towne Avenue
Old Friends
The needle exchange located around the corner is a daily necessity and ritual for many addicts on Skid Row. They can go, pick up lunch, clean drug paraphernalia and sterilization supplies, and often donated food and toiletries. People have known each other and lived in the neighborhood for years.
Christine on Towne Avenue near 4th Street in February 2017
Christine stands alone on Towne Avenue.
Bridget
Bridget stands at the corner of 5th and San Pedro. She is taking a break from her recycling activities....she spends hours each day, pushing a shopping cart loaded with recyclables. Cans, bottles, metal, plastic, anything at all that she can sell by weight at the recycling center located on Alameda. She routinely digs through garbage bins and mountains of trash piled at street corners to mine for bits she can sell.
Bridget searches the dumpsters on Skid Row for anything she can gather to recycle
Bridget recycles on Gladys Avenue in Ocober 2016
Genavine on Main Street in July 2016
Doreen on Crocker Street near 7th Street, Skid Row, Los Angeles
Doreen on Towne Avenue
Old Roses
Leanne On Stanford Avenue
Maple Avenue near 7th Street
Leanne with her shopping cart at 7th and Stanford Avenue
Indian Alley Portrait off 5th Street
Woman sweeps as another sleeps, 4th Street and Crocker Avenue
ABC Toys
San Pedro between 6th and 7th Streets. Newly arrived on Skid Row, a woman seeks friends and a place to stay with her young son
Prayers on San Julian Street near 6th
Woman on 7th and Stanford Avenue
Victoria On San Pedro
San Pedro between 4th and 5th Streets, Skid Row, Los Angeles
Victoria
Victoria stands at the corner of 5th and San Pedro in Skid Row. There were several striking murals on the walls here, and they have unfortunately been erased because the area is being converted to a medical clinic. The corner used to be known as the "Cuban Corner" for the homeless Cuban expatriots who inhabit and do business there. The corner is also known as the "spice corner" because the synthetic cannabinoid known as Spice is bought and sold.
Victoria dances on 6th Street near Towne Avenue
Victoria on Gladys Avenue, February 2018