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Publisher: Aperture 20 East 23rd Street, New York, New York

Produced by Martin Bell & Julie Brumlik
Photographs Copyright © 1983 by Mary Ellen Mark
Soundtrack Copyright © 1984 Angelika T Saleh
Introduction Copyright © 1985 by John Irving
Foreword Copyright © 1985 by Jerry Esterly
Take Care of all my Children Copyright © 1984 Jalma Music

Dedicated to Dewayne Pomeroy and Lou Ellen Couch

Our gratitude to the following people who shared their lives with us:
Alabama
Annie
Antoine
Baby Gramps
Biker Kim
Black Junior
Breezy
Buddha
Butch
Calvin
Chrissie
Dawn
Dewayne
Drugs
Eddie
Erica		 Floyd
J.R.
James
Jimi
John
Juan
Justin
Kevin
Kim
Lillie
Lora Lee
Lulu
Melissa
Michele
Mike
Munchkin		 Patrice
Patti
Peehole
Rat
Red Dog
Roberta
Russ
Sam
Shadow
Shellie
Smurf
Sparkles
Tiny
Tracy
White Junior
William
Acknowledgments

We wish to thank the following people and organizations for their help with this book: LIFE Magazine, Richard B. Stolley, John Loengard, Melvin L. Scott, Jerry Esterly, Gary Schneider, Sidney Rapoport, Kathleen Brennan, Connie Nelson, Willie Nelson, and Tom Waits.