jackbarron
Chelsea, London
Photographer James Nachtwey has taken a set of harrowing pictures for Time, which document the opioid crisis in America. They are in a special report on the magazine's website: http://time.com/james-nachtwey-opioid-addiction-america
He covers various areas: from using and sleeping in the street, through being arrested, to dying from an overdose or giving birth to an addicted child. There are pictures of people in withdrawal and comments from addicts, the police, counsellors and medical staff.
"Over the past 35 years, my work as a photojournalist has taken me to other countries to document wars, uprisings, natural disasters and global health crises," says James. "In revisiting my own country I discovered a national nightmare. But the people living through it aren’t deviants. They are ordinary citizens, our neighbors, our family members. I don’t think I met one user whom I would consider to be a bad person. No one wants to be an addict."
Some of the pictures are heartbreaking and might take a while to load. We're lucky the opioid crisis hasn't properly taken off in the UK yet.
Jack
He covers various areas: from using and sleeping in the street, through being arrested, to dying from an overdose or giving birth to an addicted child. There are pictures of people in withdrawal and comments from addicts, the police, counsellors and medical staff.
"Over the past 35 years, my work as a photojournalist has taken me to other countries to document wars, uprisings, natural disasters and global health crises," says James. "In revisiting my own country I discovered a national nightmare. But the people living through it aren’t deviants. They are ordinary citizens, our neighbors, our family members. I don’t think I met one user whom I would consider to be a bad person. No one wants to be an addict."
Some of the pictures are heartbreaking and might take a while to load. We're lucky the opioid crisis hasn't properly taken off in the UK yet.
Jack
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