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She worked her eyes very well

SHE MOVED, I photographed.

She is my first nude subject. My first Stutio work.

She moved as I photographed her. I spent 5 hours with her. 4 sets, She

was great to work with. Such a beautiful person inside as well as her

appearance.

She looks down into the lens, lips moisten as I focus.

"ADMONISH"

"VELOCITY".

She is very powerful. Strong. Great to work with. "I HAVE NEVER

PHOTOGRAPHED STUDIO OR MODELS PRIOR TO Photographing

Velocity. These are my first attempt. (studio lighing was not workable or

moveable).

Karlos.

Thank you all very much. Karlos,,,he is she. Thank you for your comments and observations.

Thank you for your comments. I do appreciate all of them. Again, thank you.

Who really is the looser here? The unborn child of course. Myself, I love

this photograph as I can see her pain in her eyes. Her goal in life is to

Overdose and die quietly. Photo taken in the San Francisco Tenderloin

Unable to locate her I asked some of the other "girls on the street" and her friends. I was told, (not verified with the authorities as I do not know her true name), that she had died on December 28, 2009 of an overdose. One "girl" told me she was there and saw her zone out from the rush, then never come to.

Thank you very much. I have tread there and have walked away now. It is a very disturbing world. I have my photographs, which is what I wanted. Yet, it has left me quite shaken to see what I have seen there. I just saw too much, more than what they should have allowed me to see. As far as photographs go this one I am partial too also. It says much more than what you visibly see.

She acts as if a normal every day thing to inject.

Heroin injected. She zoned out from rush. Needle still in. Note the scars

from bad drugs, dirty needles, infections, fungus. What you see is the

best of what she has. The worst I will not show

She knows she may die today

No. I do not. I located her on the street, befriended her and after some time she allowed me to photograph her using heroin. I had to step into their world to do this. But, thank you for asking.

Black tar heroin cooked in a home made pan with a lighter. She fills the

needle so she may inject it all and relieve some of the Dope Pain she is

feeeling

With some users their veins are so far gone as well as their body that

they will inject into the muscles; pulling the needle in and out as they

inject the drug. This addict has so much heroin in the needle that it

would kill most addicts. She shoots 6 - 8 times a day; $100.00 day

habit.

Note: These photos I took while the drugs were being purchased and

used. These photos are not stated or make believe. These are real

addicts and real drugs. Where I went to get these shots are not

somewhere to go. Dealing with these very heavy drug users can be

somewhat questionable as you do not really know what they will do the

next minute.

To many on the street drugs are the way of life for them. This is a dead

end road for many; yet many will still follow

Thank you Ton; you comments are always appreciated whether they are positive or a critique.

I will put more photos of her here.

She saw me, camera raised to shoot. She stared at me at first then

raised her camera and started shooting first. We then spoke, had some

lunch, a bowl of soup. Beautiful Brazilian girl up from LA to meet with

friends.

We trade photos at the end of or time together shooting. She, a

photography major at the Academy of Arts.

She came over from Iraq and attends the Academy of Arts, major is

photography. Met her out shooting a school project. Very beautiful girl,

we walked, talked and shot.