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Talkingdrum β Heroin Addict
Published: 2008-06-18 19:44:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 6083; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 824
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I met this guy through a friend. He has great bone structure but he's in a bad way through Heroin addiction. I set up one light and the result is not posed in anyway, it's just as it happened.Related content
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you paid for his gear to make this? unbelievable..
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i'm right there with you. i've commented on many in this series, only to get an immature response back from him telling me how much i'm wrong.
and i AM a heroin addict. and this SICKENS me.
i'm 26 days clean though
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26 days clean? Good for you, you should be proud of that. most people think, 26 days, pfft, that's not even a month, but for an addict, that's amazing, that's like a small eternity.
God, the days always seem so LONG when you're getting clean too. Hope you're still doing well.
I won't give you any shit for your comments, I get it.
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In a month and a half, it will have been two years now. 
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wow! that is crazy. congrats. every single day clean is an accomplishment taht you should be proud of, but 2 years!!!!!!!!! that's amazing
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Coming up on three now in less than a month <33
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that'a amazing. i can't even imagine that. Β does it ever get any easier?
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It does. Β It definitely does. Β I just passed my four years now. Β It's funny how this one piece of art has gotten to hear my updates year after year even though I've long been absent from dA. Β It DOES get easier in fact, to the point that it feels like a life I never even lived because i'm so detached from it now. Β AND. Β It also feels so much different that the initial upset that I had toward this deviation years ago no longer exists in me. Β I'm a greatly different person. Β I rarely think of that life and only tend to when the anniversaries come around. Β Thank you for your support and care <33
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Which part do you find unbelievable?
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unbelievable that you paid him THE DRUG!! Not maybe to help him to exit from addiction...
this is terrible in my opinion
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Do you have any experience with heroin addicts? The gentleman concerned receives a great deal of treatment from qualified medical practioners, I'm not sure how you think I can help him "exit" his addiction. This guy has to shoot up every single day and one way or another he's going to find the money to do it. This day I paid for it, maybe, just maybe it prevented another person from getting robbed on this occasion. Addicts, especially heroin addicts will go to extraordinary lengths and do things they would never consider if not for their addiction.
I know one thing for sure, whether I bought the gear for him on this occasion or not, it would not have made one iota of difference to his addictive state. To suggest that there is something I can do to help cure this addict, a man who's been addicted most of his adult life, is at best naive.
As for paying him the drug, I gave him money, he paid for the drug. Give money to a heroin addict and that's what there going to spend it on. I don't know what else you think I should have paid him in, a heroin addict is only interested in one thing. I did however severely question my motives after this shoot. The guy is in a bad way and I gave him extra money when we had finished because he's totally destitute. I know exactly what the money will have been spent on. That charitable gesture will also have been used to fuel his addiction, they are very difficult people to help.
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You have to realize though, until he's ready to deal with his addiction, there's nothing you can do. And in doing what you did, paying him for the shoot, you saved him one more day of suffering through unbearable sickness. It's almost merciful, like euthanasia or something...
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Wow, I'm glad I read this. Well put.
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This is heavy, man.
I don't think I've seen anything like this on deviantart.
I would love to see the whole series of this!
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There are quite a few from that shoot, maybe I'll post some more.
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That was a heavy shoot.
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I could only imagine. Mixing art, photo journalism, and the far edges of humanity all in one. I guess he would be focused enough though that he would basically ignore you eh?
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Yeah, he was only focused on getting his fix. He did say though that he would half the fix and shoot it up in 2 goes (he'd normally buy a fix and shoot the whoile thing in one)so I'd have a better chance of getting a shot, after that I hardly think he noticed I was there.
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Wow, so he was at least somewhat considerate to the artistic implications of the shoot. I am so glad I never got within a mile of that stuff.
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Me too. I've seen people inject before but never a hardened addict. It took him so long to find a working vein and when he eventually did the blood shot out. Instead of having people go round schools giving lectures on drugs they should pay addicts to go round schools and shoot up in front of school assembley; I think that would guarantee any kids that witnessed what I did that night would never go on to do it themselves.
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Yeah, a good dose of truth can go a long way to keeping folks on a good path in life.
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Wow, what an amazing shot, it's so surreal, yet so sad. Great work.
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Indeed, it was a very intense shoot.
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i see reality, no fake rethoric in this picture. that's why I say STUNNING.
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incredible expression, and perfect use of light....compliments this shot is incredible...
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there's something very smeagol in the gaze. and i dont mean that to be funny. just the first thing i thought of. sad. technically great.
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Here's another one from the same session, again not posed: [link]
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Wow, Neil... I have to say that your gallery runs the gamut of styles. But overall... each photo I have seen has a raw tone to it.
I am faving this, and watching you... GREAT work.
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Many thanks for the comments; it really means a lot to have someone appreciate your work.
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