Tattoo is one of Chicago’s long-time homeless men who lives in the South Loop area. He has a very distinctive and exuberantly hardy laugh.
Author: C. Jines
Internationally published social documentary photographer and author.
Chicago’s Silver Statue Man: Straight Panhandling
“Whisky! Rum! Anything to help keep warm,” chanted Chicago’s Silver Statue Man. “Did you know that I’m the most photographed human statue in the world? It’s too cold for all that shit today, so I’m straight panhandling… Whisky! Rum! Anything to…
When Clouds Get In The Way… R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman
“No civilization has found life tolerable without narcotics or stimulants.” -Will Durant The recent death of actor Philip Hoffman has pulled the issue of heroin addiction into the forefront of our collective attention. To look at the photo of Philip…
Late Night K-Town, Karlov & Lake, Almighty Vice Lord Nation
Ciera walking the streets of K-Town on Chicago’s West Side searching for someone who’s “working.” Don’t do junk! The number one message that Heroin addicts wish for me to pass along is: “Don’t Do Junk!” Don’t think that you can…
B&W Film Development Winter Intensive!
B&W Film Development Winter Intensive! (If you don’t have any film, rolls can be provided) Would you like to learn how to develop your own black and white film? Would you like to learn the basics of scanning film and…
Euphoria’s holy comfort
Benjamin, October 2013 – I ran into Ben today. He was up to his usual simple life – score, inject, score, inject, score… The junkie life is relatively simple, yet extremely difficult. Blood rolls through syringe’s chamber wall like dark…
Cool Jazz, Icy Evening
It was a cold day in Chicago. And now, as the city settles into its icy evening, I find the desire for some coffee, and some Jazz! John Coltrane Blue Train
6:08 AM – Dandelions and Daffodils…
6:08 AM… Somewhere on the Railroad Earth Dandelions and Daffodils Some flowers are hardy, able to withstand the trampling that life walks out. Other flowers are constructed of a softer, yet more colorful hue. Major breakthrough yesterday. For several months…