Best and worst.
Written by David WhiteThis body of work has to be one of the saddest and strongest stories ever shown on Burn.
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This body of work has to be one of the saddest and strongest stories ever shown on Burn.
Comfy?
Discussion (4 Comments)
I cannot ever recall being so affected by a short sequence of photographs. They actually made me scream out loud – I felt as if I was being repeatedly punched. Whether that was the effect that author wanted to have, I do not know, but I will never forget how the children are destroying themselves and any chance of a future as they live on the streets in Odessa…
I know, They bought back the true power of photography for me today. ” being repeatedly punched” just about sums it up.
By the way, update on these children from the author, Michal Novotny:
“For everybody who is missing “moments of laughter and playfulness” on these images – the kids who used in vein drugs were literally dying. They were in last stages of AIDS, coughing up blood because of tuberculosis. They almost could not walk because of sores. Their brains were so destroyed that they were not able to say more than a few single words.
“The drug they used – “baltushka” is very weak and they are forced to prepare it and shoot up many many times a day. Over and over again. So this was their life in June – nothing else than drug. When I came back to Odessa on December the same year – everybody from the group of in vein users except Moldvanchik was dead.”
http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/01/michal-novotny-street-kids-in-odessa/comment-page-1/#comment-82665
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