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© Mike Tindle
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This is fernando. He's 21 and lives in Chandler, AZ. For the past three years he has been addicted heroin. He has stolen things from friends and family to sell for drugs. He lost friends because of the drugs. One of his close friends died because of it. He has gone to rehab and afterwards gone back to using.

I went to high school with him and we were pretty good friends. For the past three years he has been a stranger. He sunk into another world. He experienced things most go their whole lives without. One of the encounters I had with him during those three years I looked him in the face and the fernando I knew was not there.

After three years he is finally clean. In one conversation he told me, "I used to wake up and start thinking about how I could get high that day". I look him in the face now and see someone different but familiar. He's been through a lot of hard times and matured and grown but the fernando I know is what I see.

It's nice to meet you again old friend.

27 responses

  • Harry Snowden

    Harry Snowden (Deleted) gave props (12 Apr 2009):

    Excellent!

  • Peter Györffy

    Peter Györffy (Deleted) said (13 Apr 2009):

    Good luck to Fernando in the future. Love the lightning and the clean portrait.

  • Pascal Vasseur

    Pascal Vasseur gave props (13 Apr 2009):

    Great story and shot...

  • conchita. del. mundo.

    conchita. del. mundo. gave props (23 Apr 2009):

    excellent fit for this theme. love the story, and stick to the plan, fernando! you can do it, man.

  • Penny Nannini

    Penny Nannini   gave props (23 Apr 2009):

    so nice.

  • John Linton

    John Linton gave props (12 Aug 2009):

    Wonderful entry.

  • patrick conaty

    patrick conaty gave props (10 Sep 2009):

    ha, sooo good

  • Will Mitchell

    Will Mitchell said (8 Oct 2009):

    wow what a great story and hope happy ending

  • Chloe Ashcraft

    Chloe Ashcraft gave props (8 Oct 2009):

    love this.

  • Zeeshan Ali

    Zeeshan Ali (Deleted) said (9 Oct 2009):

    Prefect

  • Alicia Bright

    Alicia Bright gave props (10 Oct 2009):

    Congratulations to Fernando! and to you too! i love what you've captured here, his facial expression seems to say "i'm not perfect but i'm good now" it's very honest, good work!

  • Rogério Salgado-Martins

    Rogério Salgado-Martins (Deleted) gave props (10 Oct 2009):

    great photo, great story.

  • Oleg Babanov

    Oleg Babanov gave props (11 Oct 2009):

    no comments.. amazing!

  • Amanda Rodriguez

    Amanda Rodriguez said (13 Oct 2009):

    sad story with a happy ending. wish him the best, wonderful entry. best of luck to you both!

  • Nicole Varela

    Nicole Varela gave props (13 Oct 2009):

    great photo..im glad for him as well.

  • Genevieve Genevieve

    Genevieve Genevieve gave props (12 Jan 2010):

    haha I love how much this says. its great

  • Rebecca Teague

    Rebecca Teague (Deleted) said (14 Feb 2010):

    I love the lighting and the composition and his expression and that he is clean. Bravo.... both of you!

  • Matt Avelar

    Matt Avelar said (5 Apr 2010):

    thats a nice frame, what camera did you use

  • rachelrobichaux

    rachelrobichaux gave props (30 Apr 2010):

    great story

  • Paul Lavallee

    Paul Lavallee   gave props (19 May 2010):

    love this one, congrats on being published!

  • Epin Hervin

    Epin Hervin gave props (28 May 2010):

    Iconic, remind me of Pete Doherty

  • Antje Woolum

    Antje Woolum   gave props (22 Jun 2010):

    great story and photograph!!!

  • Ella Ruth -

    Ella Ruth - said (9 Jul 2010):

    Great capture :)

  • John Robert Ramos

    John Robert Ramos gave props (23 Jul 2010):

    inspiring..

  • Fernando Gallegos

    Fernando Gallegos (Deleted) gave props (5 Oct 2010):

    awesome portrait

  • Carol Holmes

    Carol Holmes   gave props (5 Feb 2011):

    so inspirational...congrats on being published!

  • Mariza Papadimitriou

    Mariza Papadimitriou gave props (5 Jan 2012):

    Excellent portrait. Simple yet diverse.

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