One of the messages in my heroin book will be ending the war on drugs. “Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformist Ethan Nadelmann makes an impassioned plea to end…
Author: C. Jines

Hard Life Hobo Traveler
I spent some time photographing Hobo Travelers (also referred to as “Gutter Punks” by New Orleans locals) while in New Orleans last week. There has been a large influx of Travelers into the French Quarter in recent months. The locals…
Street Photography and Photographic Nutrition
Street Photography and Photographic Nutrition Good day everybody! This is Chuck Jines with Grit Street Photography, and today I’m not in Chicago, I’m actually in a cemetery, in New Orleans, on Halloween. Just seems like the thing to do, you…

Developing my film from New Orleans!
7:07 am… New Orleans – Saint Peter parades down Bourbon Street with Dionysian abandon; he’s carrying Saint Ann’s head on a spike. Yep, I’m back! I’m excitedly developing my film from New Orleans. What a blast! I shot 16 rolls…

My Kind of Town – State Street, 2014
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4:21 am… Be awake in your day…
4:21 am… A new day begins for those who are willing to live. Be awake in your day, as if it were your last. Some people pray to god, others shoot dope. Both are forms of escapism which help to…
18 days clean, is strong enough to kill a man…
18 days clean, is strong enough to kill a man… A mother now weeps where love once stood, while rotten-flesh junkies mourn beneath abandoned K-Town rooftops… 18 days clean, is strong enough to kill a man… With the purest of…