“A stigma is an attribute, behavior, or reputation which is socially discrediting in a particular way: It causes an individual to be mentally classified by others in an undesirable, rejected stereotype rather than in an accepted, normal one.” -Erving Goffman
First Day Meeting Donnie on 35mm Film

Andres Showing Off His Tattoos While Reading a Tattoo Magazine on 35mm Film
A large (500+) Needle Return during Outreach on 35mm Film
Arm Saved with Skin Grafts After Prolonged Use of Xylazine Cut Drugs on 35mm Film

Eddie's Mother's Eulogy on 35mm Film
Joaquin with His Old Mugshot on 35mm Film
A Healed Chest Stab Scar Turning a Tattooed Heart into a Permanent Broken Heart on 35mm Film

Tara on 35mm Film

Henry on 35mm Film

Harm Reduction Alter from Previous Show -- "Family Styled Fridge" 2023 -- containing: portraits of loved ones living with active addiction, old school fruit magnets, various fentanyl and xylazine test strips, EasyTouch 27g sterile syringes, an NYC DOH issued narcan kit, the 35mm camera used to shoot the project.