I hate being alone. My thoughts, my feelings, my mind eats me alive. Peter the homeless guy.

Fist bump

This little Joey is tired of walking.

Grady

Panhandler for Jesus

Panhandler for Jesus

Homeless hospice (Craig)

Clarence just got done doing his nails and is letting them air dry. I ask Clarence what is the special occasion, well if you must no I have a little coffee date with a gentleman from down the street so I want to look extra special for him today.

Happy Easter, This is Lane he just got out of maximum security prison after serving three years for distribution of methamphetamines, He's a little scared right now because he hasn't shot up in three years , but Lanes not going to let that stop him from ruining his Easter Sunday.

Stare down. (Mario)

Trailer park resident Charles

Trailer Park (Len)

Montey taking a puff on he's cigarette while he sizes me up.

Shirley is trying to take off Bucks leash , would you just sit still, but buck is so excited that he can't sit still he wants to come say hello so bad its killing him.

Curious (David)

Derek what the fuck are you doing. I'm protesting if those ass holes want to kick me out of my section 8 apartment then they can watch me as they all drive in to work Fuckers .

Cecilia is warming up in the morning sun while she waits for the donut shop to open up. I guess the donut shop gives Cecilia the old donuts from the day before .

I wonder what it feels like to love (Pop's)

We're out of leprechaun juice LoL , ha ha happ happy Valentine's Day LoL . Well Montey is in the Saint Patrick's Day spirit right now, at the age of 72 and served two tours in Vietnam I think he can have a happy Valentine's Day . After Montey came back from Vietnam he got a job as a truck driver and did that for 16 years soon after that Montey was diagnosed with Degenerative Joint disease the pain was so bad that they put him on pain killers, well that was the kiss of death for Montey . After the pain killers Montey thought he would bump up his dosage to heroin thats when he became homeless and lost everything. Now Montey drinks every day to help with the pain and to cope with things before he dies.

Out

John & Brenda are a homeless couple living on the street trying to stay positive in a situation that seems very tough. Brenda has no idea what tomorrow will bring, I'm going to think positive and hop for the best thats all I can do.

Scotty, Not all who wander are lost I just can't sit still for very long never could and never will, I guess that makes me a gipsy

What the fuck gringo

Fuck its around here don't move. Well this is Kat she is all of 5' and is such a sweet hart, right now she is looking for a 1/4 gram that she dropped on the ground .

The welcoming committee came out to greet me. Steve is a homeless guy that lives on the side of the street a very busy street with his two dogs Teddy on the right and Deena on the left. I asked Steve is it hard being homeless with two dogs ,Steve started to laugh the reason I am homeless is because of them shit I could be living in a apartment

right now but we have been kicked out of just about every apartment building down town that we can afford . So its easier to just live out here on the streets where we feel more free .

Im sorry mom and dad

Jim

Greg is eating his baloney sandwich while the pigeons swoop down to pick off one of his crumbs that falls off.

Greg is sitting in a back alleyway all by himself eating a baloney sandwich and feeding the pigeons. It's 6:30 am in the morning and 38 degrees out. I asked if I can sit with him and with out hesitation greg said yes and even offered some cardboard for me to sit on. The Ultimate in human kindness when some one that has nothing offers you to come into there home and offers you something to eat what an awesome soul .

Say cheese

War Face

Well its been a while scene I have shot rock concerts but today I had the chance to meet Kid Rock lol not, I love this city everybody is mental thats why Las Vegas Rocks. So this guy was walking down the street with his suitcase dancing having a good old time it was classic . I ask Kid Rock if I could get his autograph he said I will do you one better you can take my photo, awesome thanks Kid. I know I am going to Hell for this.

Friends till the end. Roger and Roy have been best friends for a long time they are literally inseparable Roger must be pushing 80 and Roy is close to being 70. I have known these two for a couple years now. I worry about Roger he is starting to slow down and if something happens to him Roy would be lost. But for right now things are fine Roy works on his art work and Roger keeps busy with small little projects like stripping wire and working on there shopping cart.

Roger is a man of few words as he works on stripping the plastic off this copper wire. I think Roger is pushing his 80s right now

No one knows who Roy Merei is he's not on a street corner trying to sell you his work or trying to promote that I'am homeless and a Artis bullshit, no Roy Merei is sitting in a corner some were off to the side or in some back alley way doing what he loves to do create.

At the age of 56 Rodney is struggling to stay warm. This is the harsh reality of being homeless.

Brain is mentally ill and instead of being in a hospital getting the medical attention that he needs brain lives underneath this freeway underpass. Today I happened to catch Brain looking for bugs to eat, he says it gives him super powers.

This is Jim and his best friend chopper the dog.

To close for comfort

Mary is making here daily rounds around the apartment complex hitting all the trash dumpsters just doing her thing and having a good time doing it. What a gentle soul.

Today was a good day for collecting aluminum cans.

In the back alley way down town Las Vegas these too gentlemen are getting ready to shoot up some heroin. You see tweeters believe they are filtering out the 'Junk ' ( like it isn't all junk ) when putting it into their spoon and then drawing directly from the little cotton that you were able to pluck from a Q-tip.

Pop's is turning 61 this month and has been living on the streets for 30 years now, half of his life Wow. Pops lives in a construction yard in the industrial part of town and inside this yard is this old concrete pipe that pops sleeps in to keep out of the sun and rain. During the day he wanders around the streets til it gets dark and then heads back home to the construction yard for the night. The golden years.

Get out of my way your going to make me late for the coupon special at CVS

Shaka Brah (hang loose), Mason must be from the Islands

The last dumpster of the day and nick hit the mother load he found 3 pairs of shoes which he needed badly since he's been walking around barefoot for days.

Just another day for Mike as he makes his daily rounds picking up aluminum cans and plastic bottles for recycling. I asked mike how often do you do this, LOL everyday mike said. I asked mike if he thought about getting a job something that may pay little bit more money than picking up cans. Mike said he would love to get a job but he can't because he is an immigrant from Southern Africa (Zambia) and I have no papers or anything saying that i can be her.

I meet David a couple months ago and at the end of our conversation I was convinced that David was going to comment suicide, well I'm glad I was wrong on the way home from work today I saw David on the street corner talking to some guy I tried to stop but traffic was crazy so I had to keep going . Thats ok I know he's alive and kicking awesome. This photo is from when I first meet David a couple months back.

Vato Loco (crazy dude)

Panhandler Tom working a street corner early in the morning hours its 39 degrees outside right now .

This is Freddie he's 70 years old and homeless , I asked Freddie how long has he been homeless Freddie replied oh about 30 years 30 years . Yea well I have been locked up for 30 years and about a year ago I was released from prison so I guess I have been homeless for a year now. So let me get this straight Freddie you were in prison for 30 years and at the end they kick you out on to the street, yea I don't have any relatives that are alive that I could go live with. I talk to Freddie for a few more minutes before we went our separate ways I really wanted to ask him why he was in prison but decided not to go there.

Waking up to a beautiful sunrise with my friend Craig.

 Big Ds guard is up, he's not to sure about me right now. But one thing is for sure that Big D would like to shove that camera up my ass. Lol I love the streets.

 Big Ds guard is down he is a gentle giant this is awesome. LOVE

Smile

Dino is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole.

 Chico and the Man - This is little Chico and his owner Ty who named him after a TV show that was popular in the early 70s . Ty lives in a little apartment studio with his little buddy, they don't have a lot and struggle to survive but one thing is for sure that Ty and Chicos love for each other is strong.

Little Chico warming up in the sun with his owner Ty.

Giving

As me and Linda we're talking I casually mentioned I was hungry and no sooner I turned around and she was handing me a cup of noodles. I told Linda thank you but I am fine, she shrugged her shoulders and said ok. So that evening I left Linda and was driving home , I started to think about how some one that has nothing and I mean nothing was willing to give me there last bit of food that they have, it was humbling and embarrassing at the same time. What a pure soul.

For all the struggles Mark has endured in his life I thought that this saying is fitting for him. I previously posted a portrait of mark and his story.

Random perso

When I simply say I miss her I really mean. I miss her smile. I miss her voice. I miss her laugh. I miss her next to me. I miss her jokes. I miss her teasing me. I miss her so much that I can feel my heart breaking. I miss her so much. Paul lost his wife 10 years ago,Paul never fully recovered from the lose of his wife. Homeless

You have been warned the next couple photos maybe very upsetting to some but this is the harsh reality of living on the streets.

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life. Excuse me sir are you ok, HEY are you ok then I saw something what is that shit it's a fly leave his mouth fuck me. When the police finally showed up he was marked as a John Doe and bagged and hauled off to the morgue. Life is so short and some times I wast it on stupid shit like arguing with people because my way is the best way or I have to be first at the drive through line at Starbucks because fuck me if that soccer mom gets there before me. So when I see this photo reality sinks in and maybe its ok if I am wrong or that the soccer mom can go first and I can go second. But one thing is for sure we are all going to be in that photo some day.

Ahh I feel much better now,Those are the words from this individual that is shooting up heroin right now. Lately I've been exploring the underground tunnels here in Las Vegas I told the guys that I will not give names or how to get in to the Tunnel system were they are located. This individual let me take this photo on one condition that I show it to the public so that it may help some one else not turn in to a junky like me. Wow heavy words.

The job of an artist is to offer a sanctuary of beauty to an ugly world. This local street artist (Lucky) has been up all night work on this mural for a local transmission shop down town Las Vegas.

Don is showing off his new bike that he got for Christmas. Don said Its going to be a lot easier picking up aluminum cans now I won't have to walk as far.

I asked Mark why was he living on the streets Marks reply was, well I was married for a long time and my wife got sick and with in 24 hours she passed away unexpectedly. I did't know what to do, after a month of sitting in the house staring at the walls I decided to get up and leave. I learned that I don't need a lot of stuff I learned to live simple. I am 70 now and I think it's time to come in off the streets, soon I will be with my wife

Fighting the Demons (Lyle)

So this morning I hit the streets early 4:00 am I'm not sure what I was looking for but I will know when I see it. Bam there it is it's like a gift from Santa Claus. What the fuck is this lol I never seen anything like this before. So I will give you the meat and potatoes to this photo. So I don't no there names because I can't under stand him I thought he was speaking Italian at first but that wasn't it, it was some weird dialect that I never heard before. But the little word's that I could make out was that the dog is a bull Terrier that he had rescued when the dogs owner went to prison and that he loves the dog more than anything. Thats all I got lol fucking mental, Oh and if you look close you will see a couple slices of pizza in the front basket that look like they have been there for a month, and that they were eating. The love between these two was undeniable you could just tell awesome thanks Santa Claus.

Sean 34 years old originally from Seattle came to Vegas to be with his son that lives with his mother. Sean is try to sell these two gas cans to buy his son a Christmas present.

This is Ralph and he is a hostile old bird and at the age of 63 Ralph doesn't take shit from anybody. Ralph is originally from Ohio and came out to Las Vegas to work, but after having multiple confrontations with his bosses and being fired from every job Ralph started to drink and drink heavily and the next thing you know Ralph is living on the streets. Well that was 10 years ago and Ralph has been in and out of jail and living on the streets the whole time. Ralph said that he's getting to old for this shit and planes to be of the streets by next year.

David has been in a gang his whole life in and out of prison is normal for David, but at the age of 45 David would like to blow his brains out. See David is in a wheel chair and lives under a bridge homeless.David said its time to check out, I'm not going to spend a another fucking winter freezing my fucking nuts off fuck that I'm out. After talking to David for a few minute I don't think I will ever see him again . On the way home I was thinking why is this world so fucked up or is that me feeling guilty because deep down in my heart I know he wants to die and I did absolutely nothing.

Life is short smile while you still have teeth. This is Tommy he's 67 years old and he lives on the streets here in Las Vegas. Tommy has absolutely nothing to his name but he doest let that bring him down he always has a smile on his face and is up beat and happy, hummmm food for thought .

Old Larry sitting in the sun trying

to warm up from last nights cold weather. This 63 year old has been living on the streets for 20 years now,I asked him what his secret is for surveying for so long out here is. Larry phased for a second and said you have to learn to be by your self most guys out here can't do that lol there to afraid of what they might see. Thats why a lot of them drink and do drugs because they can't cope with life, and they don't know how to be alone.

Humans of Las Vegas

Freda is just waking up after a long night in the cold sleeping on one of the park benches. At the age of 67 Freda is looking forward to settling down and meet a nice guy, one she can grow old with. Freda also wanted to know if I wanted a Tug job you know a strees relief, I told her that I am good but I will keep her in mind for the next time. Freda looked at me and rolled her eyes and said what ever and walked away. LOL I love the streets.

I shot this photo back in September of Inga living on the streets. Inga is from east Germany back when there was a wall she and her husband came to the states hoping for a better life. I am not sure how her husband died or how the 4 kids all came in to the picture, Inga seems a little vague on the details at this point in her life. From what I can tell she started living on the streets in California and then caught a bus to Las Vegas were she has been living on the streets ever since. She says that she talks to her kids every now and then. Inga is a tough old German and a bull headed old woman at that but once you get to know her she is a very gentle person with a lot of stories about growing up in East Germany back in the day.

This is Lil'Loco he's walking around the streets in his bare feet and no shirt and it's 42 degrees out. Lil'Loco is tripping hard right now, he's trying to stand still and he just can't do it . I love Meth

Pauly is out of control, he says that this is his favorite reading material . Pauly is like a big kid trapped inside an old mans body.

Right now Miguel is sitting down in front of a 7-eleven drinking his 40 oz and warming up his body sitting in the warm sun. It dipped down to the 40s last night, I don't think I would have a smile on my face if I had to sleep out side for the night.

I met Louis about a year ago going through a garbage dumpster looking for stuff that he could sell or trade for some meth. The day I met Louis he was pissed off apparently he's kid who also is a meth head came by and pick from the garbage can before Louis made his daily rounds. The photos that I had taken of Louis and his kid a year ago I titled family of meth.

The guys are getting ready to go panhandle on the street corner down town . This is the best time of the year to make some money or gift cards because everybody is in the holiday spirit of giving. But first the guys need to get ready for the day by smoking a little weed and pounding back some miller light beer all before 8:00 am . After a couple hours go by everyone is all fucked up and ready to go hit the street corner now viva Las Vegas baby.

Jim is out picking up cigarette butts, once he gets a hand full he sits down and starts to tear them apart with each one yielding a little bit of tobacco. After a few minutes Jim has a full sized cigarette to smoke, this is everyday life living on the streets, learning to be resourceful and creative with nothing .

Terrance was just released from prison after spending 12 years behind bars. This is his third night being homeless ,he thinks he can get into a homeless shelter buy the end of the week.

This is Freddy and he is looking for his dinner tonight. When I first approached Freddy I was aspecting a real train wreck of a person lol wrong. Freddy was the most polite person I have ever met and very articulate with his words I was blown away, I was thinking to my self don't judge a book by its cover is so true.

This gentleman did't want to give me his name, but he did talk to me and he has only been here for 6 months originally from Alabama, both his brother and dad are heavily involved in the KKK and he needed to get away from all that stuff. He said now he is a drunken bum living on the streets but thats ok it's better than being around those racist assholes.

Craig is having a little night cap before bed time.

Really how in the fuck could a person enjoy being awakened at 6:00 am by an alarm clock, and then leap out of bed, put on a uniform , eat something fast, shit, piss, brush your teeth and comb your hair, and then go sit in traffic to get to a job where essential you make lots of money for somebody else and here is the kicker you should be grateful for the opportunity to do this lol fuck you.

Mario and Hugo) streets of Vegas

Karen streets of Vegas

Crystal streets of Vegas

Fremout Street

Fremout Street

almost to Graceland

 Rock N Roll Marathon

I had the chance to hang out with Henry the other day and he said something that made me think, he said (Steve we all have demons. I just choose to feed mine). Wow I never thought of it like that before, I had no reply to Henry's statement it left me speechless.

Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak and Leonard is doing just that as he is showing off his new sun glasses that he found in the dumpster.

(Manchester Orchestra)This song is so powerful he wants to keep telling her how he feels and he knows he's confusing to her but he needs time to figure it out. ( Henry)

I notice you when you're noticing me

Breaking the habit, you're watching me sleep

Give me some time let me learn how to speak

I'm a maze to you

I never mind about bothering you

I'm trying to decide if I'll bother with you

So, feed me your wisdom and breathe me your truth

I'm amazing

Wish me a wonder and wish me to sleep

You don't have to wander to hear when I speak

There is nothing I've got when I die that I keep

It's amazing

Somebody said it's unspeakable love

Somebody said it's unspeakable love

Well, you don't believe I can speak well at all

You're a maze to me

First of a thousand to write on the wall

It's only beginning, it's swallowing us

Somebody said it's unspeakable love

It's amazing

You lift that burden off of me

You lift that burden off of me

You lift that burden off of me

At the age of 61 Jimmy has no regrets, originally from Minnesota Jimmy decided to cash it all in and pursue one of his lifelong passions to be a high end gambler her in Las Vegas. Ok fast forward till today, Jimmy is waiting for one of the shelters to open up so he can get something to eat and then go collect aluminum cans for the rest of the day. I asked Jimmy if he could change things that got him here what would it be. Jimmy started to laugh out loud I would have put more money down, I mean come on you got to let it ride sometimes LOL.

Queens of the streets

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

When my bones are stiff and aching and my feet won't climb the stair,I will only ask one favor. Don't bring me no rocking chair. When you see me walking, stumbling, don't study and get it wrong. Cause tired don't mean lazy and every goodby ain't gone.I'm the same person I was back then, little less hair, a little less chin, A lot less lung and much less wind. But ain't I lucky I can still breathe in. (Danyel)

Oh my god my hair is a mess

Terrance was just released from prison after spending 12 years behind bars. This is his third night being homeless ,he thinks he can get into a homeless shelter buy the end of the week.

lol

Hippie Man

Well it's time to say good bye, the gang is cleaning up there spot where they have been hanging out for the last couple days. Niner said the word on the street is that on the other side of town there is a ton of plastic bottles that need to get recycled that no one is doing over there, so me and Jennifer are heading that way for now.

(4 of 5 photos) Niner is showing me his knife he uses to let the air out of his plastic bottles. Don't think for a minute that I wasn't nervous when he pulled out that knife, Im in a back alley with two individuals that just finished smoking crack with a camera bag around my shoulder filled with camera gear. But in the end Niner and Jennifer turned out to be really cool people that were gracious enough to invite me into their home and share there lifestyle with me.

(3 of 5 photos) So after Niner and Jennifer are all hooked up Niner starts to work on his recycled plastic bottles letting the air out of them so he can crush more into a garbage bag. He uses a switchblade and stabs them to let the air out faster, he has about 5 hours worth of plastic on the ground which will yield about $20 dollars just enough to go pick up a small rock that will get him through the day.

(2 of 5 photos) Jennifer is settling in for the ride while Niner is getting ready to get on board.

(1 of 5 photos) Jennifer is warming up the glass pipe before she starts to smoke it letting the crystal meth turn into a liquid form .

The love between these two brothers is the key to their survival, both brothers are mentally challenged and rely on each other to navigate through the challenges of everyday life. Both of the brothers like to be called the hillbilly brothers ? thats there official tag team name there big professional wrestling fans so I was real lucky to get to shake their hands and get an autograph from them.

Rome Italy

But Cindy it's this way

This street musician is playing devil went down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band lol classic.

Homeless woman desperate begging for anything. (Rome,Italy)

Rome, Italy

Vaduz,Liechtenstein

Riccia,Italy

Campobasso,Italy

Riccia, Italy

Rome, Italy

This elderly old lady begging for money on the side of the road

These two guys are immigrants from Somalia they will trying to sell you something like a small trinket or something while the other guy tries to pickpocket you or steal your bag.

Rome,Italy

Rome Italy

There's a little bit left

"Break On Through (To The Other Side)"

You know the day destroys the night

Night divides the day

Tried to run

Tried to hide

Break on through to the other side

Break on through to the other side

Break on through to the other side, yeah

This black guy was beating the shit out of his girlfriend when this homeless guy and his girlfriend came to the rescue of the beaten woman.

George will be smoking his dinner tonight Awesome

Streets of Las Vegas - Aku

These two went to the octagon today at a Wendy's parking lot , something about he cheated with her best friend and that she stole all his cocaine and he want's it back now.

Steve the pimp is having a night out with one of his employees for bring in a lot of money this week.

Peddled all the way in from Barstow

This week is the Life is Beautiful festival down town and old Ron here is standing on the outside looking in. I asked Ron if he is going to the festival he looked at me and said mother fucker I'am homeless I can't afford that shit. I proceeded to tell Ron to nut up and quit being a little whiny bitch and get back out on that street corner and start hustling up some money . Ron started to laugh and said are you going to the festival, hell no I can't afford that, Ron started to laugh your a little whiny bitch too LOL . I had fun today with ron both of us standing on the outside looking in with all the activity thats going on. Ron's got a great sense of humor it was fun bullshitting with him today.

Boogie is watching over his friend while he trips out and he is tripping hard right now , Boogie says his friend can't put the pipe down it's got him good real good.

This gentle soul is Herbert I meet him about a year ago living on the side of a old abandoned building down town . One day I went to go see what's going on with Herb and he was gone , oh I forgot he hates being called Herb it's rude and disrespectful LOL I love these old guys. So Herbert was gone and I was wondering what happened to the old guy that reprimanded me, well today I was driving and saw Herbert on the side of the street panhandling for money I did a quick U-turn and pulled along side him and said can you break a $100 bill , he looked pissed off for a second or two and then he realized it was me and rolled his eyes. We sat on the side of the road and bull shit for a few minutes before saying goodby.

This guy acts just like the guy on Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman

Homeless man sleeping at the cemetery

2 of 2 photos -Mark said he is going to stay in this Friday night and work on his signs.

1 of 2 photos -Mark said he is going to stay in this Friday night and work on his signs.

Henry is finally waking up after his three day bender

Susanna just had her last teeth removed three weeks ago from all the constant use of crystal meth, and now she is ready for business again. See Susanna worked as a stripper here in Las Vegas for many years but her life style finally caught up to her . Now Susanna is old and a drug addict living on the streets and the only way that she knows how to survive is giving blow jobs to guys on the street she makes 40 to 50 dollars a day thats not nearly enough to support her habit .

Henry has been collecting aluminum cans for the last three days straight with the help of his little friend the glass pipe (Meth). Now Henry has crashed he has been sleeping in the same spot for days and I am not joking I have passed him by 3 days in a row and now on the 4th day Henry is a little more alive and awake. Fucking crazy

So this is ace she is 56 and lives in the bushes right next to the highway, right now we are having a little smoke break before we get back to organizing all our suit cases all 30 of them that are filled with all types of trash awesome.

Jimmy lives in a trailer park right off the Las Vegas strip, he's walking to 7- eleven right now to pick up a six pack of beer .

At least the guys that are sitting on death row get to have what ever they want for a last meal and meet with family and loved ones before they are put to death. George won't have that luxury he will most likely die alone on the side of the street . They say a death row Inmate just before they are executed that they are giving a sedative to relax them George won't have that privilege he will suffer on that concrete side walk before he dies. The guys that are on death row committed some type of horrible act to get there. George is homeless and has no one, it will probably be a passerby that smells the stench of death and calls it in to the police. His body will be loaded into a vehicle and disposed of you will never no that George existed.

Dale is looking for any kind of work right now, he needs to fix his bike so he can go visit his girl friend. Dale how far is it to your girl friends house maybe I can give you a ride there, that's awesome thank you so much, no problem Dale where do we have to go. Dale starts to rifle around his backpack and pulls out this little piece of paper and hands it to me . Dale this says Indiana yeah that's where she lives. LOL I love the streets

This homeless couple is having a hard time right now. The young lady so desperately wants to spend one night in side a budget suites and take a warm shower and sleep in a real bed . These two have been living on the street for seven years now, and some times it just where's on you this is the reality of life on the streets.

Metro Police is out in force today making the homeless guys who hang out on the street corners move along with all there shopping carts and tents as well . Sean was able to slip away from all the turmoil and hide in this alleyway about a block away, if Sean gets caught this will be his third time with a no trespassing charge not good for Sean

This is Inga a tough old East Germany lady try to survive as a homeless woman here in sin city