Faces of Freedom! Original taken from chern_molnija in Faces of American drug addicts and prostitut

Faces of Freedom! Original taken from chern_molnija in Faces of American drug addicts and prostitutes and pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers and addicts - almost all of them regret that they can not leave the Hunts Point - poor, hopeless in the Bronx area, nicknamed the "Red Light District of New York." Photographs offered to your attention, did Chris Arneyd, a former banker on Wall Street. Four years ago, Chris wandered in Hunts Point and saw the underside of American life ... Vanessa, 35 years old, homeless prostitute and drug addict. Vanessa years had been sexually abused in the home, hooked on heroin and worked for many years on the streets of Hunts Point. Now in her life came the change for the better: she moved from heroin to methadone, found a boyfriend who gave her shelter, and left the Hunts Point. - I want to get a high school diploma - says Vanessa. - I would like to do creative work, helping people to participate absess in charitable activities. Beauty, 21, a homeless prostitute. Beauty often heard from its customers that it is quite nice to work as a model. Since she moved to New York from Oklahoma, she was 9 pimps, and many of them were very rude. - I want to quit, but I'm afraid. I thought I could stop at any time - says Beauty. - Maybe I can become a registered nurse or settle in childcare. Diane and John sitting absess on crack. They had six bags of crack, and they methodically smoked them one by one. Then Diana wig dressed up and went to work on the street. However addict she does not consider himself. Michael, 35, a prostitute. For 20 years, Michael lives on the street and running street absess prostitute. When he was a kid, my parents have accused him that he had been sexually abused. So in 15 years, Michael left home. Takisha, drug addict and prostitute. Takisha boyfriend was beaten during pregnancy. But came back to him: "He absess had problems with anger, but I lived with him." After the boyfriend threw Takishu down the stairs, she lost the baby and threw him out. Lost child Takisha continued work as a prostitute because she needed money for drugs. In the photograph it before you go to search for clients. Nishi, drug addict absess and prostitute. Nishi managed to tie she came to God, and of the bad habits had only smoking. Then, having decided to help his old friends, she returned to Hunts Point, to give them a brochure about saving ... Two weeks later, she was again on the street, homeless, begging for heroin and selling their bodies. Jennifer, 21, a homeless absess drug addict and prostitute. For many years, Jennifer had been sexually abused in foster care. She has an aversion to prostitution, but could not leave because they do not know how else to make the drug. Egypt, a drug addict. In Egypt breaking, it should shirnutsya. Her body was rebelling against her, if not receive at least one dose per day. - Everything hurts - says Egypt. - I wake up, and then blyuyu and run to the bathroom absess all day. Brenda, 45, a prostitute. Brenda says that once stabbed her husband, the father of her two children, when he beat her. The only way she could stop the violence. She is now working on the street and says he does not allow anyone to insult her client. Sonia, 46 years old, drug addict and prostitute. Sonia says her addiction completely controls it. She sells her body and then spend money on crack. - If I had all the money in the world, I would have bought the entire crack in the world - says Sonia. Michael and Pam. Michael and Pam live in a small cellar under the expressway crossing the Hunts Point. Pam says that depends on money, which brings her work on the street, because it depends on the drug. She is forced to engage in prostitution, although hates sex. Camilla, 27 years old, a drug addict. Camille sits on heroin 23 years after her boyfriend hoisted. In Hunts Point is just over a month, but I'm sure it's hell. Tiffany, a prostitute. Tiffany HIV positive, but continues to work on the street. Says that having sex for money 12 years after years of sexual abuse. Wants to return to his native South Carolina, but does not know how to leave the life of a prostitute absess in Hunts Point. Jennifer, a prostitute. For the national holiday - Thanksgiving - Jennifer shock worked on the street, which allowed her to get the money and cover a festive table for his family. Taken from here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2 252602/Hunts-Point-Bronx-Chris-Arnade-ph otographs-New-York-Citys-Red-Light-Distr ict.html? ICO = most_read_module #