Humera Abdul
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read

I can see from the comments here that people here are not into subtleties.

But that image you are using to illustrate this essay has absolutely nothing to to do with drug addiction.

That picture of the family living in a car is taken by the great Mary Ellen Mark. That’s the Damm family.

If you care about the truth, which you may not, you can read details about the entire week that MEM spent with this family here:

http://www.maryellenmark.com/text/magazines/life/905W-000-031.html