Bad energy down on Hepatitis Boulevard today. Everyone was dope sick. Like I’ve said in the past, heroin addicts are fine to be around – as longs as they aren’t sick… This is Casper, who was kind enough to share…

Documenting the Human Experience
Bad energy down on Hepatitis Boulevard today. Everyone was dope sick. Like I’ve said in the past, heroin addicts are fine to be around – as longs as they aren’t sick… This is Casper, who was kind enough to share…
This is Amy, mother of five, extracting heroin from a cooker, and into her syringe. Amy is 35 years old and has been shooting heroin on-and-off for over ten years. Amy was a “functional addict” who maintained a home up…
“Hey man, what’s up?” I said to the new face down on Lower Wacker. “Can you use any clean rigs,” I asked suspecting he was probably a heroin user. “Hell yeah, man! Wow, you came just in time. Are you…
As you may know, for the past twelve months I’ve been working on a freelance documentary photo project covering the subject of heroin addiction in Chicago. Over time, I’ve managed to gain direct access to many of the addicts themselves.…
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