Greenpoint
Cafe Cito Bogota
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Face Of Recovery
Chris Arnade (who took the above photograph) writes:
Andre had just gotten Essence’s Easter photo taken and was walking home when I met them. Andre, 40, is a former addict who has been in recovery for 12 years. He started using drugs at age 12, and was soon smoking and dealing crack. He was sent to jail twice and spent almost 7 years incarcerated. “I lost communication with my kids, burned a lot of bridges, and almost lost my wife of 22 years.”
He went into detox four times, but it his wife and three kids who finally gave him cause to make it stick. “My kids didn’t ask to come here. For me to make them and not take care of them isn’t a good thing. You have a choice. Drugs don’t jump up in your body. You either pick it up or walk away. I have walked away.”
When I asked him how he wanted to be described he said, “I am loving and sincere. I never forget my struggles because that’s where I come from” Of her father, Essence, age 3, said, “He makes me laugh, always tickling me!”
New York Shitty Day Starter: Flight
Filed under: New York City
Taken by Michah79.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Sneakers In The Sky
Filed under: New York City
Taken by Michah79.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Texting While Sleeping
WarmSleepy (who captured the above phenomenon in Central Park) writes:
As I came upon this man, I noticed a flurry of fingers adance on the phone. So I’m not sure if he’s sleeping, but he never once looked at the screen. That’s haptic feedback technology of the highest rank right there!
WOW.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: Reflection
Taken PajaritaS.
New York Shitty Day Ender: Aung San Suu Kyi
Taken by chudko.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool, Part II: Need Cash?
Filed under: 11215, 11217, New York City, Park Slope, Park Slope Brooklyn, Recession
Taken by Scoboco.
From The New York Shitty Photo Pool: In The Spotlight
Taken by John Fullard.
New Yorl Shitty Day Starter: Scraping the Sky
Taken by Sputnik57.
New York Shitty Day Ender: Reflection
Taken by Chudko.
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