I posted this awhile back and wound up deleting it because of a glitch on my account that said it had something like 10000 views on it... That annoyed me so I just got rid of it. Well I decided to bring it back because it's one of my favorite pictures.

His name is Robert. I shot this a little over a year and a half ago. He was living on the street in Detroit. A group of local photographers (myself included) had a few run ins with him and his partner Eric and they always seemed willing to pose for a little spare change and some conversation. Well, one time I was out on the streets and ran into them again. I gave them a few bucks and sat with them for about an hour or so and talked stopping to take an occasional photo. I learned that Robert had been in some kind of accident involving a vehicle. We talked about alot of different things like concerts and music, computers, and digital photography. Alot of times you meet people on the street and you just know something is missing, like they have some kind of hole in their brain. This wasn't the case with Robert here... He was the kinda guy you could imagine having a normal life, the kinda guy you could imagine having sunday dinner with. Except for his problem was the drink I believe. It was alchohol that I'm assuming led him to his life on the streets. Addiction is a bitch.