Category: Homelessness
Alley Boys – Tony, Spring 2015
I wish we had better mental health services here in Chicago…
Blunt Blow – Alley Boys, Chicago 2015
My Alley Boys project has a really different message concerning homelessness. Rather than this being a sad story of how these desperate people need help in finding a home, my story is about how these folks are just fine the…
Alley Boys – Spring 2015
Alley Boys – (From left to right) Tony, Clarence, Stutters, and Hercules – All of these men have lived out on the streets of the Sloop (South Loop) for many years, except for Clarence, who is the newcomer of the…
Word From the Street: 3/12/2015
Word From the Street: Tony was arrested this afternoon after several days of psychological deterioration. He has been acting increasingly violent, striking out at everyone and smashing glass in the alley. Hopefully Tony was taken to a hospital and given…
Teddy is back out on the streets…
After more than eight months in the Cook County Jail, Teddy is back out on the streets. This is a capture of Teddy and Levi on South Clark Street gathering the resources needed to purchase an adult beverage.
True stories of life on the streets
John Lee told me the following story. Even junkies think it’s funny… A guy was sitting in an abandoned building getting ready to inject some heroin, when all of a sudden a man wearing a ski-mask burst into the room.…