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Bad Lands, North Philadelphia
Tony

Bad Lands, North Philadelphia

A diverse community in North Philadelphia struggles with poverty, crime, and drugs.

Photos
14
Status
Public
Created
Sep 24, 2013
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
Categories
Photojournalism Documentary
Tags
#Health/Healing #Hiv/Aids #The Human Condition #Drug Abuse #Poverty #Community #Drugs #Addiction #Inner City #Crime #Documentary #Journalistic

Photos (14)

Cover
Under the 'L' in North Philadelphia the cops do a daily cat and mouse with the dealers and sex workers.
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Under the 'L'.
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Go into the under brush by the tracks and you will find the ground littered with drug paraphernalia.
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At the end of a peaceful street, on the other side of a wall , a small community of heroin addicts lives in make shift housing.
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Junkies live in the under brush by the tracks of the 'L', sleeping on the ground and on old filthy mattresses.
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Jose De Marco is a community organizer and teacher who works with Act Up. Jose stands in a sea of drug paraphernalia and trash. Many addicts use this area to shoot up and live near by in the under brush.
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Sam enters Prevention Point Philadelphia, a community health and education center.
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Working through Prevention Point Philadelphia, a community health and education center, Sam counsels on HIV and addiction.
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Shannon has found Prevention Point Center to be a refuge and resource.
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A family in North Philly.
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Sam Morales spent 15 years in jail for drug dealing and violent crime as a local gang member. Sam now works as a community organizer teaching about HIV and addiction.
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The guys hanging out on their street.
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The Vasquez family emigrated to Philadelphia from the Dominican Republic. Escaping poverty and finding much needed health care, they have prospered in America. They are thrilled to be living in North Philadelphia, escaping the poverty of the Dominican Republic.
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Life goes on in a park shared with dealers and sex workers.
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