The Glue Sniffers Photo Gallery by Bruce at pbase.com

The Glue Sniffers

These kids lived at the railway station.
Chronic glue sniffers.
They mostly are ignored..
an occasion kicked around.
They were in desperate need of attention.
Hence great difficulty in managing them for portraits.
They all wanted their picture taken..very badly.
Sad.

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Stu Egan		12-Sep-2007 22:57
I've come back to this gallery so many times - it remains one of my favourites on this website and gets me every time. “He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool” - Camus

Guest		28-Apr-2007 00:49
I feel so sorryfor these kids

catherine		21-Apr-2007 22:06
its like going to hell.. and then going back another time..this is a life that is no longer exsisting for us..but whatabout them??

randomer		25-Sep-2006 13:40
glue sniffing is well fun, these guys are probably having the time of their lives

Devjit Acharya		22-Sep-2006 22:30
Painful. I have worked with these guys in Delhi ... its apin to get them of glue .. really. These pictures capture the emotions brilliantly.

Guest		12-Jul-2006 08:12
the blank stare from those eyes are very telling. one of the sad realities of India.

me		11-May-2006 17:14
THESE KIDS ARE FOOOLS. GLUE SNIFFERS LOL NOB EDS

Bart Aldrich		08-Mar-2006 08:48
Horribly painful to see. Hopefully it will lead to help for some of them. Thanks for recording this sad story.

Guest		27-Feb-2006 06:06
What can I do to help these kids? I huffed glue for several years, still trying to quit. Many gallons of glue...these poor kids can't even afford the right type of glue. I will probably never get the chance to meet them...society will sqaush thier dreams. God bless thier souls.

alem		25-Feb-2006 21:20
thank for sharing all this, photojournalistic....

scott clarke		22-Feb-2006 13:14
One of the best galleries on PBASE Bruce. I have seen alot of this in Mexico.Very sad really. Well done. Regards !

hockkai		19-Feb-2006 13:06
Very sad picture you have here. I seem to feel the hopeless situation for them. Makes my eyes watery.

sara ashby		18-Oct-2005 03:00
i really like theese pictures it makes me sad thinking i used to do that.

d kay		13-Oct-2005 09:19
my best mate nearly died from paint sniffn! :(

Guest		13-Sep-2005 03:16
u r putting urself in danger but u can't post these pics unless u've been there. lots of luck in ur next assignment. http://www.pbase.com/bucari

Marcos García		03-Sep-2005 16:53
Awesome gallery. I have no words. voted

William		18-Aug-2005 23:19
But these kids are doing glue not because there bad or want to get high... It's because glue also kills hunger and stuff. Thats why I don't like people that do it for fun.

William		18-Aug-2005 23:16
I remember when I was in Brasil huffing glue... hard times man hard times. Nice shots at least people can see how people are living in these countrys. But just to tell all of you that dosen't show half of what hapens when nighfall comes. Kids in the street going crazy cause of that stupide shit. (glue,crack,coke,bezene etc) I remeber when I was in the slums where I lived through all that just gotta thank god I'm in a safer place now.

Vinka		25-May-2005 19:07
Beautiful shots, and so sad...

Guest		23-Mar-2005 21:30
1981 and 1982 i lost those years while sniffin glue.oi oi oi

Matias Asun		18-Mar-2005 13:32
What can we say? Great pictures. You have managed to capture them in a very artistic way. Good work. Gets voted.

Jeff		06-Jan-2005 21:43
Reminds me of when I used to do glue and lighter gas for kicks, god I was stupid - and very lucky! Amazing images!

Peter Chou		23-Dec-2004 01:34
A heart wrenching study of poverty and self destruction!

Gilles Navet		22-Dec-2004 13:26
I can't say "nice" Bruce or something like that Your work is "on the other side". Technical, a true reporter way ! Impressive emotion seeing this pics Bravo Gilles

Adalberto Tiburzi		20-Dec-2004 15:17
Great work here, thanks for sharing.

Jill		18-Dec-2004 20:21
This is a very sobering gallery - thank you for sharing.

Willem van den Hoed		18-Dec-2004 13:43
Great portraits! The beauty of youth being distroyed... Sad. Willem

Ellsworth Weaver		17-Dec-2004 15:07
Very intense! Good study, horrible situation. Thank you! I voted for this. Please stop by my galleries when you can.

Dominique A. Rothenfluh		15-Dec-2004 20:45
dito!!

Don Northup		29-Jan-2004 15:51
Compelling gallery. Nice job.

Will Wycherley.		29-Jan-2004 11:59
bruce, your galleries are great, I commented on your "people" one some time ago, this gallery is amazing, poor kids eh ? the world today. Where did you capture these images ? wonderful. cheers Will

Rob T		28-Jan-2004 18:02
Superb gallery with well captured, moving images. Rob

Paul Teixeira		24-Jan-2004 17:45
Excellent series. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Best regards, Paul Teixeira

Henrik Hagelin		24-Jan-2004 17:36
Feel sad about the kids. The pictures are excellent!

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