Paul Thek (In Hooded Sweatshirt)

Candy Darling on Her Deathbed

Irish Itinerants series, Galway, Ireland, 1991. Known as “Travellers” in Ireland, this distinct ethnic group numbers around 25,000 people. Their traditionally nomadic way of life marginalizes them in Irish society.

FIRE BURN

TRACKS

Self-Portrait Smoking

Irish Itinerants series, Galway, Ireland, 1991. Until 1960, 95% of Travellers had no permanent home, but since then the Irish government has made efforts to settle them in caravan camps.

Children walk past a burned building in the aftermath of riots sparked by the acquittal of four police officers who were videotaped beating Rodney King, Los Angeles, 1992. The unrest, which spread from South Central L.A. to other parts of the city, left 53 people dead and caused an estimated $1 billion worth of property damage.

GROUND ZERO & TOWER

DESTROYED ROAD & CRATER

An Untouchable by the Ganges River, Varanasi, India, 1986. Since contact with corpses would contaminate members of higher castes such as Brahmins, only Untouchables are permitted to cremate bodies by the holy river.

Nude Self-Portrait Series, #4

ABANDONED BUNKER