UPDATE February, 2020 – [I strongly disagree that drug addiction is a medical disease, and through the course of this documentary project, I slowly came to the awareness that the disease model of addiction, actually contributes to addicts using. That…
Category: Independent Photojournalism
Word From The Street: Eruption of Life!
State Street erupted with life this afternoon. It was incredible, one of those magic “flow” moments when all the world moves as one. Adrian and Mark Duet were truly awesome, as they brought deep, soulful sounds to the corner of…
Putting a price on heaven…
“I’ve experienced a lot of hurt, a lot of pain, a lot of people have ripped me off. I’ve seen a lot of things in this drug life, things most people never see – the whole underside of the World.…
Not All Heroin is Created Equal – Close Call Heroin Overdose
Not all heroin is created equal. The larger bag on the left is almost pure white, while the smaller bag on the right is a sort of buckskin brown. The bag with the brown heroin, is the purer bag of…
Reducing Drug-Related Harms
As a result of working this heroin project, I’ve become very involved with harm reduction. I do my best to keep clean syringes, as well as basic medical supplies while out in the streets photographing. While we all hope that…