These two where do I start well you got Joe Huggins on the left age 68 and then you got Don Huggins on the right age 65 both of them are 5' foot tall and are from Texas but have lived in Nevada a long time. These two old goats are wild and I mean wild both of them have been in and out of prison their whole lives if they're not locked up then they're out causing trouble on the streets. I asked both of them what brought you to Vegas. Hookers and Whores steve LOL you know back in the day when the mob ran the town there was a lot more Hookers I Mean they were everywhere. Shit now of days you can't find them I mean a good one, this city has gone to shit.

This is how Tom sleeps at first I thought he was dead it scared the shit out of me LOL . He was fine just really tired.

Here's another photo of Brian

Brian is a very angry person so when he asked me for a light that was the first positive thing he said to me, the rest of the time it's been what the fuck do you want, fuck you,fuck off, the standard bullshit. But once we got past all that I was able to ask Brian how he ended up living on the streets. Brian explained it to me that he used to be married and had a house and a good job everything was going as planned . Then Brian got real quiet and said my wife died , I could see the pain in Brian's eyes and his bottom lip started to quiver as he explained to me that he lost the love of his life and that things were never the same again. After a few minutes Brian regained his composure and took a puff of his cigarette and sat there with me bullshitting about life.

Tom 20 years living in the shadows of sin city

Tom is a little pissed at me right now LOL because I woke him up. The reason why I woke him up or any homeless person is I want to make sure that they are breathing and alive and if they needs anything like water. If I can see that there ok I will not bother them but if I don't see the chest moving then there getting woke up . There was one week I found two dead guys that they looked like they were sleeping and they were not , so I don't give a shit if tom is mad at me he'll get over it.

So spider and three more guys that you don't see because there right behind me were gracious enough not to kick the shit out of me and take my camera . But for some stupid reason spider liked me, he proceeded to tell me what a dumb mother fucker I am for walking in to their area and with a camera are you fucking stupid, which he is correct I have been pushing this one neighborhood pretty hard. So after being warned spider let me take a couple photos of him and said if I would like to come back it was cool but the other guys were very adamant that if my camera is pointed in there direction that I would have a problem.

So spider and three more guys that you don't see because there right behind me were gracious enough not to kick the shit out of me and take my camera . But for some stupid reason spider liked me, he proceeded to tell me what a dumb mother fucker I am for walking in to their area and with a camera are you fucking stupid, which he is correct I have been pushing this one neighborhood pretty hard. So after being warned spider let me take a couple photos of him and said if I would like to come back it was cool but the other guys were very adamant that if my camera is pointed in there direction that I would have a problem.

Back in 2008 Billy Ray was a concrete worker (block layer) over a period of time billy noticed that he had a hernia, well he had no medical insurance and had to keep working to survive like a lot of us but eventually he lost his job. Over a long period of time billy ray lost everything and became homeless. I asked billy why didn't you just go into the emergency room at UMC they can't deny you can they ?. Yes they can its not life threatening and I am homeless to boot . So today I was watching billy get in and out of the trash dumpster to find something to eat not an easy task for a 63 year old man with a hernia the size of a football.

Charles

Eye

This is where Leonard will sleep tonight , after living on the street for 28 years Leonard has learn to travel light and keep it simple.

At the age of 24 Jesse is a prostitute living on the streets, trying to survive the best way she knows how.

Little Rocky is having a hard time sitting still he just want's to play. Judy found little rocky abandon in a house that she some times sleeps at , right now she is trying to teach little rocky how to stay in the shopping cart but rocky isn't into it right now it's play time.

Monroe gets to sleep in today normally Monroe is up before dawn where he works for a temp service doing odd jobs. Monroe is 67 years old and he still works out everyday doing sit ups and push ups, originally from San Francisco Monroe was living on the streets there , but he said it is to expensive to be homeless there at least Las Vegas is more reasonable and the weather is great year round.

This is called the Meth Itch and William has it bad it's even worse when you're homeless there's nowhere to clean up

This is called the Meth Itch and William has it bad it's even worse when you're homeless there's nowhere to clean up

Montes is waking up after a long night on the streets, at the age of 65 Montes said it doesn't get any easier the older you get believe me LOL.

I'm listing to Echo and the Bunnymen while I do some editing LOL sorry I couldn't help it . (Giovanna)

Las Vegas streets ( Sharon)

Las Vegas streets (Tracy)

Viejo vaquero (old cowboy) Edoardo 2017

Here's a follow up photo of Charles from the other day. I asked Charles about his arm what happened Charles starts to tell me his story about being on the train tracks back in New Jersey well about a minute into the conversation Charles starts to talk about being a hitman for the CIA and then starts to take about the crystals that we all have in the palms of our hands. At first everything seemed normal but the more time I spent with Charles the more I could see that there were some issues with Charles.

This is Will I posted a photo of Riley earlier today. Two Native Americans guys trying to survive in the big city, along ways away from the Indian reservation.

This morning while walking the alleyways I came across Will and Riley two Native Americans who live on the streets. This is Riley he is drawing me a picture of a Native American Indian on a piece of cardboard he found on the street. Riley says that people see use and they think that we are stupid and have no talents they judge us just because we live on the streets .

Las Vegas Nv

This young girl is scared because she has been kicked to the curb by her handler (pimp) she is all alone.

This is a harsh reality living on the streets. Waking up on your concrete bed in the morning

So my two minute conversation with Donna before the light turned green. She got shot and now is paralyzed on most of her left side of her body. Then all of a sudden Donna say's I'm thirsty you got anything to drink , I told her no I don't have anything just my half empty monster drink , that will work thanks ,ok I have to go light just turned green. Ok thanks for the drink

This homeless man is bending down for the night I asked him he's name he just looked at me then laid his head down and went to sleep. Thats telling me I don't want to be bothered so its time to leave.

Gemma is rifling around looking for that damn lighter.

Mark is such a cool guy he's 4' 10" and has a heart of gold. I asked Mark if its hard living on the street, no not at all the only thing thats changed is I sleep out side at night, other than that nothing has changed I have the same friends I still do the same things with out the responsibility and headache of everything else. Don't get me wrong sometimes it sucks but sometimes it sucks having a home.

Charles sits here every day while the gentlemen in the back ground empties the trash from the Mexican restaurant. After that Charles goes inside the dumpster to get something to eat like a half eaten burrito or a take out box that got thrown away.

Larry is enjoying a little couch time right now. See Larry is new to being homeless after having a bad divorce and losing everything he had Larry said fuck it and hit the streets. Larry spends most of the day curled up in a ball and barricades him self with these old mattresses. I told Larry that he needs to keep his pimp hand strong and don't let these bitches bring you down. Larry's eyes opened up wide and he had a big grin on his face and started to laugh, for the next 30 minutes or so me and Larry bullshit about being married and shared married guy stories. Some times on the streets you got to think out side the box to communicate with certain individuals Larry is a good dude he's just going through a rough patch as we all do.

Tony is a little nervous right now he's got a parole violation charge coming up, so Tony is not to happy right now he says he will be locked up for a year for this parole violation charge. Tony was stealing copper wire out of a construction dumpster so he can buy beer well apparently you can't do that when there is no trespassing signs posted all over the place . I think there is more to the story than Tony is letting on .

William 39 years old, streets of Las Vegas

Bill has been living in Las Vegas since he was a little boy, Bill seen a lot of changes to this town some good and some bad. But in 2008 when the economy crashed and people lost their jobs a lot of them moved away leaving everything behind even their pets. Well bill started to notice a lot of abandon cats in his neighborhood and started to take them in. Well Bill has an old house its kind of rundown looking and is in a bad part of town but thats home for him and his extended family. So back to the photo you see of bill picking up aluminum cans, well that helps pay for food for the cats and the power bill that is needed to keep everyone cool in the summer time. Bill also has a radio in one of the rooms that plays music softly that has never been turned off in 12 years thats crazy. Bill loves his cats dearly and would do anything for them what an awesome person.

Things are not working out very well for this male escort today, while he's trying to fix his high heel the John is getting very nervous about the whole situation.

Don and his girl friend are getting out of bed to go collect aluminum cans before all the bike tweaker's get them all.

In the early morning hours I was walking the back alleyways when I looked up I saw this big shadow of a human being limping his way towards me , as I got closer I noticed the outline of a walker. This big shadow of a man is hunched over his walker limping along struggling with every step. As we passed by each other his head was down and he didn't even look up, I passed by him and then all of a sudden I turned around and said what happened to you, Shit I can't believe I just said that, the man did not turn around and said I got shot. This is Zaire he's 42 and has lived a crazy life, and now life has caught up with him. He's been shot in the head and been stabbed multiple times in the chest. I can tell Zaire was a hard individual a warrior of the street and now a humbled man try to survive everyday life of getting old.

While "sur" is the Spanish word for south, among Surenos SUR also stands for Southern United Raza. Surenos use the number 13 which represents the thirteenth letter of the alphabet, the letter M, in order to pay allegiance to the Mexican Mafia.

How can I describe Todd to you quiet a man of few words.

Giovanna is getting ready for work as she transforms this back alleyway into her own make up room. See living on the street you make do with whats available and Giovanna has done that for sure. I ask her whats her biggest challenge being a gay prostitute living on the street, Giovanna started to laugh, it's money honey I'm not sucking some old guys dick for free, show me the money LOL you no what I'm saying.

This woman never thought that she would be homeless living on the streets in Las Vegas.

Gilbert is 68 and 5 minutes earlier he was wide-eyed and bushy tailed then all of a sudden he says he's going to take a nap LOL lights out .

Too weird to live, too rare to die! This is Jimmy 20 years ago Jimmy was passing through Vegas on his motorcycle all fucked up on cocaine when his motorcycle broke down. Jimmy said that he was so trashed that he left his bike and just wandered around the desert. LOL and 20 years later I am still wandering around the desert. Hey you got a light.

Out of all the tattoo's on Adam's body this is his favorite one. Adam just moved here from LA , I asked him why did you want to move to sin city. Well Adam pause for a second and then snickered, I got stabbed three days ago and my family said I need to get out of LA and come stay up here with some of my moms relatives. The other reason is I just got out of the California State Penitentiary so they are worried that I will violate my parole which I probably will living there. How long were you in for, this last time 11 years, damn that's a long time. Adam was a real cool guy he was very open and polite I hop his journey through life is a successful one.

Crystal showing me her tattoo of her heart being ripped out of her.

This is Crystal she is a homeless woman trying to survive on the street I asked her how it is living on the streets what's it like being a woman, She said it sucks the other night she said she got robbed and they stole just about everything she had. The men are the worst she said some of them expect BJ or SEX well that ain't gonna happen LOL so that can cause some problems but I am pretty tough. I have never meet crystal till today I no she has some problems as we all do, she said her kids were taken away from her I don't no why but I am sure that is extremely tough to deal with. This is the harsh reality of living on the streets.

Las Vegas streets 2017

Brian at 51 is showing me he's bullet hole wounds that he received last year from another homeless person one in the stomach and one in the neck boy the streets can be rough sometimes.

Soulmates

Streets of Las Vegas 2017

Fffff-You

This gentlemen had a few too many last night look at his left knee it's all jacked up, He finally laid down hopefully he can sleep it off. Viva Las Vegas

Park Bench

Aaron 74 years old lived in Vegas his whole life has been homeless for one year. Aaron is one of the most kindhearted and humble individual I have ever met thank you for sharing your bench with me today

Peaceful

I was downtown shooting some of the protesters in front of the federal building when I was heading back to my car I saw this gentlemen sleeping there so peacefully. I normally will wake them up to see if there ok but I could hear him breathing cool. When I got home I looked at the photo thinking to my self he looks so peaceful sleeping there, but I also started to think is he really peaceful or is that something I tell my self so I don't feel like a douche bag I mean come on how fucking peaceful is it sleeping on a concrete bench day after day. Sometimes Fanell you have to look inward to look out peaceful fuck me.

Love Triangle

So lady G is sitting in the chair and he's her boyfriend Tonya is sitting in the back, Lady G is starting to hit on me looking me up and down licking her lips and looking right at me talking about how beards turn her on. Thats ok that kind of stuff doesn't bother me but Tonya on the other hand is getting mad and not at lady G she mad at me, she is feeling threatened by my presence so that's my signal to leave before a cat fight breaks out .

American Warrior Revolution

Protester in front of Federal building in Las Vegas Nv

Swisher Sweets

Larry loves his cigars and they have to be swisher sweets LOL thats ok when your 61 and homeless ,if you what swisher sweets then swisher sweets it is.

Barber Shop

Randy streets of Las Vegas

Far From Home

As I walk down the alleyway I see this old lady picking cans out of the dumpster so I go over there, Hi there my name is steve what are you doing knowing perfectly well what she is doing no reply I asked her again still no reply , she finally turned around to acknowledge me and started to speak to me but it was in another language. I was trying to communicate with her but it was hard she finally said a word that I recognized Tanzania your from Africa she smiled and nodded her head I yelled Africa and she had a big smile on her face. Now that we got the small chitchat out of the way I asked her if I could take a picture of her I showed her my camera and she nodded her head saying yes. After I got a couple snapshots I hander her some money , her eyes got real big and then she kneeled right in front of me with her head bowed and her hands out in front of her. When she raised her head I noticed tears coming down her cheek.She was speaking to me I think she was thanking me I was completely humbled. Who would've ever thought that walking in an alleyway in Vegas that I would meet this beautiful person all the way from Tanzania east Africa.

Peacock Feather

Angry

This is Chris and he looks angry but nothing could be farther from the truth Chris is a cool guy he is homeless but he is close to having a home again thats awesome.

Emptiness

How can emptiness be so heavy. Rick is feeling sad today while he was sleeping his shopping cart filled with aluminum cans that he had collected was stolen.

Stop Light

Dale is a local panhandler originally from Alabama been homeless for 25 years. Light is green now and the guy behind me is honking his horn frantically LOL ok Dale I gotta go see you.

Under the Same Sun

This is Jason he's new to the homeless scene he's really hiding out till things cool down . See Jason has a weapons charge possession of a stolen handgun so he's going to kick it for a while Jason is also a tattoo artist so he is showing me some of his homies work. The guy in the background is Gilbert long time homeless person I just got to no him so I am pretty happy . No thats not right I have known Gilbert for a while but Gilbert just started to acknowledge me today LOL cranky old fucker so thats why I'm so happy.

Under The Same Sun

To be blind and homeless, and to think that I have a shit fit if I have to wait too long in the drive through at Starbucks.

Backstreet Boys

A couple weeks ago I posted a photo of this gentleman this is the guy that started dancing and singing from behind the trash dumpster, they were all the Backstreet Boys songs.

Shopping Cart

Joseph stashes he's shopping cart down by the railroad tracks, this morning Joseph is going to transport some pallets to the local recycler for a few bucks. He's got a busy morning ahead of him the pallets are scattered all over the place within a 2 mile radius so Joseph doesn't have time for chitchat, he's got to get them before somebody else snags them.

Under The same Sun

If you notice Marks right foot is gone 60 days ago Mark was walking in a cross walk and suddenly passed out he's not sure why he passed out, half of his body was on the side walk and his legs and foot were still in the cross walk then all of a sudden a car comes by and did not see mark's leg and ran it over crushing it beyond repair . The doctors were unable to save marks foot. Mark now lives in between two dumpsters the reason is so he can prop himself up to go to the bathroom then during the day mark will go find some shade to go to sleep he says its to hot on his hands to wheel around during the day.

Under The Same Sun

Cover your ears you can't let them in, This is John and he is very adamant about his ears being covered up, I'm not sure if John is mentally ill or he is tweaked out .

Under The Same Sun

Dave has been panhandling on the street corner for 3 months now. Dave is not from around here he's from a small town just north of here called Beatty. I asked Dave what the hell is he doing here in sin city he started to laugh, well its a long story my ex-wife decided to move back to town. The only reason that fucking bitch moved back is to fuck with me so instead of me spending the rest of my life in prison for shooting that bitch I decided to get the hell out of there and here I am on a street corner looking for any type of handout I can get LOL fuck her.

Under The Same Sun

Andre is on the move with his shopping cart full with his personal belongings . Andre does this every couple days.

Under The Same Sun

T-man ( Tim ) is taking a little nap on the side of the street actually a very busy street . T-man is originally from Chicago but has lived her in sin city for 8 years. I asked T-man if it was hard being on the streets and with out hesitation he replies No not really you kinda get used to it. As I talked more with T-man he revealed that he has multiple felonies and that no one wants to hire a felon yet alone one with multiple felons. So at the age of 50 T-man has decided its easier to live on the streets than to deal with all the bullshit. You know what in some small way and I mean small way I get what he's is doing.

Under The Same Sun

1 of 2 photos This is the reality of being homeless after I took this photo I noticed his shoes by his side. I was thinking how does he were them with his feet so messed up, I tried to talk to him he woke up for a few seconds to tell me to get the fuck away from him. I didn't want to push the issue he is trying to sleep and I didn't want to bother him anymore than I have.

Under The Same Sun

2 of 2 photosThis is the reality of being homeless after I took this photo I noticed his shoes by his side. I was thinking how does he were them with his feet so messed up, I tried to talk to him he woke up for a few seconds to tell me to get the fuck away from him. I didn't want to push the issue he is trying to sleep and I didn't want to bother him anymore than I have.

Under The Same sun

This man is heading back to tent city with some supplies for his family, this is the reality of it when you live on the street

Under The Same sun

1 of 2 photos This is John Bisby he's a war veteran from the Vietnam war . John was in the army and has seen a lot of death in his life John was more than willing to sit with me and share some of his experiences with me about life and death in Vietnam.

Under The Same Sun

2 of 2 photos Oh I forgot to tell you John is homeless

Under The Same Sun

Under The Same Sun

Defeated

Family of Meth

Heres another photo of Louis that I shot a few weeks ago

Under The Same Sun

This gentleman was going through the garbage dumpster when he saw that I had a camera he came running around super fast I am thinking to myself great he's gonna punch me. The next thing I know he starts to sing and dance in front of me, you like the Backstreet Boys yeah I guess the gentleman replies back cool I do too and for the next 10 minutes he is dancing and singing all around me I was getting a little nervous because it seemed like he wasn't going to stop. I figured he must be on something so I slowly eased my way out of there never catching his name or his story LOL the streets can be a interesting place sometimes . Oh and for the record I don't no any Backstreet Boys songs.

Under The Same Sun

Steve

Under The Same Sun

Here's James showing me his calloused forearms from all the years of shooting up heroin.

Under The Same Sun

James has lived a life I will give you some of the highlights of his life. Well 17 years in prison 10 in California and 7 here in Nevada. James has been a heroin addict for 20 years with a 500 dollar a day habit, ok how does James afford that well as James put's it you steal and you rob you do what ever it takes to support your habit anything. Being a heroin addict James contracted AIDs and hepatitis from sharing dirty needles with other junkies. But one thing that James loved was his wife of 18 years who stuck with him through thick and thin, James said that she was his best friend I asked James if he was still married to her, he looked down and said no she died about a year ago from a blood clot it happened really quick one day she was fine and the next day she was gone. You know what that's ok she is in a better place and thats ok with me. When my wife died thats when I became homeless and for the first time in my life I was alone and that scares me. I miss her so much.

Under The Same Sun

Moving day for this homeless couple, they got the boot from there last spot by the police and they found a new spot in the storm drains which they said is a better place and a lot cooler.

Under The Same Sun

This man is gathering cans on a hot summers day her in Las Vegas,the forecast for this week is 117 degrees .

Under the same sun

Peter is taking a smoke break in the shade while he is waiting for the bus, its a 110 degrees today so everyone is trying to escape the heat.

Under The Same Sun

Steve is showing me all the spiders that are crawling all over his hands right now .

Alone

BJ's been on the streets for 7 years now, I asked him what got him here thinking to myself probably drugs or alcohol. BJ looked up at me and said my wife of 35 years was battling cancer and died. BJ went on to tell me that his wife was his best friend and the the love of his life we were literally soul mates. BJ went on to tell me that after her death that he gave up and walked way from everything it was to painful for me to hang out. After hanging out with BJ I was thinking how life can be so fucking cruel .

Kicking Back

Travis just got the boot from his sisters apartment, Travis said that his sister said that he's not responsible enough to live there fuck that bitch lol. Travis is 47 and has been living on and off the street his whole life.

Green Acres

Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue. 

...The chores. 

...The stores. 

...Fresh air. 

...Times Square 

You are my wife. 

Good bye, city life. 

Green Acres we are there.

Eye Contact

Albert does not want to make eye contact .

Hands of Life

My Eyes

Streets of Las Vegas

Shirley

Chop Sticks

So Dan is making his daily rounds of picking up aluminum cans ,a lot of these restaurants or apartment buildings lock up their garbage, but Dan has come up with a technique using sticks, he uses them like big giant chop sticks while trying to retrieve cans from the garbage

Life Under the Tree

The day to day reality is starting to set in for this young couple. This is Justin and Melissa they have been living on the streets for quite some time today Justin is heading to the street corner to panhandle for some food or water or what ever he can get , while Melissa stays back due to her severe seizures that she has on a regular basis, they both admit that they are heavy drug users and are unwilling to give it up. Life under the tree goes on.

It's Hot

This is Wallace he's escaping from the brutal heat that we get here in sin city.

Zzzzzz

Sprinklers

Linda just finished taking a shower and now she is drying off in the sun. So Linda has a special way to bathe her self , she puts a garbage bag on the ground so it can collect the sprinkler water so she can wash her face and the rest of her body she just walks through the sprinklers like a normal shower. she then has a small towel that she pats her self down with and then the rest is air dry. Everyday life on the streets.

Dakota is pushing her shopping cart up and down the street looking for more johns while her pimp sits on the side getting all F'd up on purple drank .

John just put the smack down on the court old guys rule LOL

Well Mike doesn't live in a very good neighborhood on one side of his property he has an active crackhouse with people coming and going on a regular basis. I asked Mike don't you ever get scared he lol no would you hop over the fence. Thats a good point, Mike has three more dogs that were camera shy that did not want to come out.

So Antone and his girl friend Dakota are F'd up on purple drank, what is purple drank well it's a slang term for prescription strength cough syrup mixed with soft drinks.The purplish hue of purple drank comes from dyes in the cough syrup thats the meat and potatoes of it. So Antone and Dakota are celebrating right now they had a good score last night , oh yeah i forgot to tell you that Antone is a pimp and Dakota is a street hooker oh yeah this city is 24/7

This is Louis son i caught up with him a couple streets down , he was not as nice as his dad was he could barely sit still i was lucky to get this shot off i did not want to push him any more as he seemed very agitated.

This is Louis i came across Louis while he was rummaging through a dumpster i ask him what he is doing, he's head popped up out of the dumpster and said i am a drug addict and i am looking for stuff i can sell but it looks like my fucking son has been through here that fucking dickhead this is my spot. Louis proceeded to tell me about his son and how he is a meth head as well.

John was told to leave the park by metro police officers or he will be arrested, on the move now.

Mike & Ginger are waiting to get into the park, this is Gingers favorite park Ginger looks very intimidating but she is a big baby mike said . Mike was also telling me that Ginger is a good guard dog it doesn't matter we're we are sleeping it could be a park bench or in a storm drain ginger is always aware of what's going on and keeps me safe at night.

After Shirley calmed down she showed me how may cans she collected today. Shirley is a big no little softy.

Shirley is a desert dweller homeless right now she is collecting cans and i am bothering her so i am getting a ass chewing right now lol she is so feisty.

Slim spent the night sitting in that lounge chair wrapped up in some bedsheets that he found in a trash dumpster slim was recently released from prison and now this is slims new world.

Albert is a homeless gentleman that has master the art of survival on the streets of Las Vegas

Right now the sun is up and the birds are out singing and playing , but what is it like at 2 or 3 in the morning when the temperature dips below freezing and you only have a cardboard box to cover up with. This is life every day for John.

Listen

Manny does not want money nor food nor clothes Manny wants your ear.

Kentucky Bender

Bobby Joe has been in Las Vegas for just over a month now. Bobby is a over the road truck driver and he had a pit stop in sin city for one night lol and thats all it took. First thing was he lost all his money at the casinos gambling then followed up by some heavy drinking. Then his over the road partner had enough and took off. Now Bobby Joe is a resident of Las Vegas living on the streets homeless.

Hardhat's

Almost quitting time

Let's Roll

This is Johnny at the age of 73 Johnny is on the street corner selling Jack LaLanne juicers. After a few minutes of small chitchat with Johnny Johnny turned around and said feel my bicep, no i believe you Johnny , feel my fucking bicep man, LOL i am thinking to myself I am getting strong-armed by a 73 year old man if i don't feel he's bicep i think Johnny might go knuckles with me. After feeling Johns bicep he replies not bad for a 73 year old man, you know why Steve its because of the juicer Steve the juicer did that man.

Curbside

Lyle, Streets of Las Vegas

Counting Sheep

Streets of Las Vegas

Courage

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. This is Brooklyn (Bobby) a transgender homeless person living on the streets of Las Vegas

Dogtown

This is why i love street photography having the opportunity to meet guys like Michael at the age of 65 yes i said 65 Michael is skateboarding around the united states, his goal is to skateboard every major city in the united states , and in the process Michael says that he's had a blast pulling off this life adventure.

que pasa

Roger streets of Las Vegas

Got a Light

Bad Apples

Fred streets of Las Vegas

Stink Eye

Looks like Debbie is done talking to me .

Slurpee

Edward is in front of 7-eleven looking for some slurpee money.

Prayer

Cheryl giving thanks to god for the $20 that she found in the bushes earlier this morning.

Bad Apples

These two are fighting like cats and dogs over who gets the last sip of the bud light beer. On the left is Debbie age 61, on the right Fred 65 both of them are homeless together.

Last of the stash

Curtis is smoking down the last little bit of his Crystal Meth stash

Fighting the Demons

This is Curtis five minutes before the demons took over

The White Dragon

This man has been chasing the white dragon for a long time now so much so that he did not care that i was photographing him.

Travelers

This traveling family just arrived last night all the way from west Virginia by bus.

Eyeballing

At first Samuel was eyeballing me, why is this cracker mother fucker taking pictures of me . LOL i love the streets, after a few minutes when it appeared to Samuel that i am not a threat he busted out his harmonica and started jamming some Kentucky bluegrass music it was awesome.

Hardhats is a photo series dedicated to the life of the construction worker

I Give Up

Martin has been on the streets for two weeks now he has lost everything family friends and now his will to live.

Norman Rockwell

Sebastian is a modern-day Norman Rockwell artist, writer and photographer Instead of using a paintbrush and a canvas Sebastian uses a tattoo gun and his face as a human canvas . Art has many avenues of expression and Sebastian is exploring one of those avenues.

Warm Sun

As Irma and i sat on the street corner of Bonanza and MLK warming our faces in the sun shooting the shit about our past. I shared my past with Irma about growing up in Hawaii it was all about fist fighting and surfing in those days she started to laugh, you know my past was a lot like yours just mine was not in paradise lol it was Gallup New Mexico and we would drink and fist fight to. As the day wore on Irma and I sat there taking in the sun and talking like to old friends that haven't seen each other in years.

Tug

Hey baby you need a tug , (me) a tug oh a tug no i'am ok lol . Come on baby sit your little ass down and let mama take care of you, no i'am good but thanks anyway. Then all of a sudden she whips out both breasts you want some black titties , now I'am freaked out what if some one comes around the corner with an elderly black woman half naked and a white guy with a camera not good. I finally convinced her to put her to guns back in there holsters and got out of there in a hurry. She completely caught me off guard i was like a deer in the head lights lol the streets won to day. Oh and her name is Antoinette and she is not homeless and i did not get any gun shots LOL.

That stupid fucking bitch stole my weed. LOL this is Willy he's a little upset right now apparently his girlfriend had taken off with his stash of weed. There's drama in the streets today.

This is Scott he says he usually works 4 hours a day with weekends off.

William and Harley the dog, Streets of Las Vegas

John just finished shooting up he's starting to calm down now. This is the first time i have witnessed somebody doing this from start to finish. I can't explain the transformation, John was literally going apeshit and then all of a sudden he started to calm down and relax. What a wicked little drug.

Sharon , Streets of Las Vegas

This is James he's 63 years old and he's trying to collect social security, the only problem is he needs a physical address . Till James can get in to a shelter he lives at the bus stop off Main St.

Samuel Streets of Las Vegas

Jeff, 20 years living on the streets, today Jeff was picking up cigarette butts not having much luck due to the heavy rain we are having.

Mike & Kelly and there four legged family are hiding out from the rain in this old abandoned building.

Carl Las Vegas NV 2017

Yuri, Las Vegas NV 2017

Yuri, Las Vegas NV 2017

Well i came across Randy rummaging through a garbage can in back of a liquor store on Boulder Highway. It was quite clear that Randy was not all there ,but after a few minutes Randy revealed that he likes poetry. I am not a big poetry kind of guy but i asked him if he knew any poetry he got three inches from my face and smiles i write poetry .Ok i am thinking to my self sure you do, and the next thing i here are these beautiful words come out of Randy's mouth i can't believe what i was hearing it was fucking insane. I was so blown away i wanted to share Randy's poetry but that was going to be impossible because right after that Randy started to freak out so i did't want to push the issue any further. Randy finally calm down and went back to rummaging through the garbage can.

Well i came across Randy rummaging through a garbage can in back of a liquor store on Boulder Highway. It was quite clear that Randy was not all there ,but after a few minutes Randy revealed that he likes poetry. I am not a big poetry kind of guy but i asked him if he knew any poetry he got three inches from my face and smiles i write poetry .Ok i am thinking to my self sure you do, and the next thing i here are these beautiful words come out of Randy's mouth i can't believe what i was hearing it was fucking insane. I was so blown away i wanted to share Randy's poetry but that was going to be impossible because right after that Randy started to freak out so i did't want to push the issue any further. Randy finally calm down and went back to rummaging through the garbage can.

Natty Congo - Rasta Donald Ray Hall feeling a little Irie right now .

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

So i am driving down the street and i see Curtis (AKA Bro Man) fuck me i hope he doesn't see me, dammit he sees me, Steve Steve waving his arms running across on coming traffic, he almost got hit buy a car and i am thinking to myself not now Curtis not now i am tired and I just want to go home. Steve Steve good thing i caught you i have some butter do you want some its really good i found it in the dumpster down the street theres more if you want some to take home no Curtis I'am good . If you don't want to eat some you can put some on your eyebrows its really good for the skin. At first i was not in the mood to deal with Curtis but he was so sincere about sharing his butter with me that how can i tell him no . Long story short i left that evening with a smile on my face and feeling good from a guy who has absolutely nothing who digs through garbage cans and eats butter for dinner and is willing to share it with me AMAZING.

Local panhandler Michelle working her street corner

John

Standing in line at walmart on black friday

Street Transvestite

Fucked Up

Streets of Las Vegas

Life on the street corner

Outlaw biker for trump,Reno Nevada

Fernando

Streets of Las Vegas, Fernando 80 years old 2016.

Streets of Las Vegas , Sebastian 2016

Project Windows

Project Windows

Project Windows

Project Windows

Project Windows

Project Windows

Michael has been walking for 9 years now he started at LAX airport and has been as far as Texas, 9 years ago he quit his job and walked away from his family never to look back. Steve i am a complete fuck up i don't want to burden them anymore out here it's quiet and peaceful but i am getting old I'am 63 you know i will probably die out here.

If his eyes could speak what would they say ?

Study me as much as you like, you will never know me. For I differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be. Put yourself behind my eyes, and see me as I see myself. Because I have chosen to dwell in a place you can't see.

Mary is warming up in the sun today while she's waiting for the Martin Luther King day parade to go by.

And I will see you someday again in the clouds my friend

It seems this person wasn't very happy

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Social Isolation is one of the most devastating things you can do to a human being, I don't care how old you are.

Hey can i take your picture yeah yeah yeah hurry up i got to go, where are you from,fuck i thought you wanted to take my picture what's up with all the fucking questions. Sorry my name is Steve, ok ok Steve I'am Tony and i don't have time for this photo shit ok ok . You got it Tony thanks for your time.

Streets of Reno

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

The “Sensitive people are the most genuine and honest people you will ever meet. There is nothing they won’t tell you about themselves if they trust your kindness. However, the moment you betray them, reject them or devalue them, they become the worse type of person. Unfortunately, they end up hurting themselves in the long run. They don’t want to hurt other people. It is against their very nature. They want to make amends and undo the wrong they did. Their life is a wave of highs and lows. They live with guilt and constant pain over unresolved situations and misunderstandings. They are tortured souls that are not able to live with hatred or being hated. This type of person needs the most love anyone can give them because their soul has been constantly bruised by others. However, despite the tragedy of what they have to go through in life, they remain the most compassionate people worth knowing, and the ones that often become activists for the broken hearted, forgotten and the misunderstood. They are angels with broken wings that only fly when loved.”

Shannon L. Alder

This is Roger he is 78 years old and lives on the street . When i first meet Roger i asked him if he was Hawaiian his eyes got big and he said how did i know that he was Hawaiian, i said your soft voice and your big flat nose, he started to laugh. I told Roger that i an from O'ahu and thats all it took we sat and talked forever about the good old days in Hawaii surfing, fist fighting, and smoking weed. But at the end of the day it was time to say goodbye i hopped back in my warm car and looked in my rear view mirror as i am driving away and saw Roger sitting in the cold with nowhere to go fuck me.

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

The “Sensitive people are the most genuine and honest people you will ever meet. There is nothing they won’t tell you about themselves if they trust your kindness. However, the moment you betray them, reject them or devalue them, they become the worse type of person. Unfortunately, they end up hurting themselves in the long run. They don’t want to hurt other people. It is against their very nature. They want to make amends and undo the wrong they did. Their life is a wave of highs and lows. They live with guilt and constant pain over unresolved situations and misunderstandings. They are tortured souls that are not able to live with hatred or being hated. This type of person needs the most love anyone can give them because their soul has been constantly bruised by others. However, despite the tragedy of what they have to go through in life, they remain the most compassionate people worth knowing, and the ones that often become activists for the broken hearted, forgotten and the misunderstood. They are angels with broken wings that only fly when loved.”

Shannon L. Alder

This is Roger he is 78 years old and lives on the street . When i first meet Roger i asked him if he was Hawaiian his eyes got big and he said how did i know that he was Hawaiian, i said your soft voice and your big flat nose, he started to laugh. I told Roger that i an from O'ahu and thats all it took we sat and talked forever about the good old days in Hawaii surfing, fist fighting, and smoking weed. But at the end of the day it was time to say goodbye i hopped back in my warm car and looked in my rear view mirror as i am driving away and saw Roger sitting in the cold with nowhere to go fuck me.

Mike was showing me some of his ninja moves

Dust

Homelessness is dust,

sifting through the cracks.

Homelessness is dust,

invisible on gray streets.

Homelessness is dust,

a bitter thirst on the tongue.

Homelessness is dust,

fouling the well of dreams.Homelessness is dust,

filling the human heart.

Homelessness is dust,

clogging straining lungs.

Homelessness is dust,

easily swept under the rug. 

I would like to introduce you to Randy he's 80 years old he's been living on the street's for 20 years now.

Bro Man is putting on his own black friday special today

As you all know i like to keep the bar high when it comes to shooting photography as you can see by the angle of this photo that it is clearly a professional behind the lens of this camera . Wrong the real story is i saw this gentleman from across the street and ran over there like a bull in a china shop and upon arrival i tripped over a abandon sprinkler head. Well i guess this photo tells the rest of the story