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Lonesome Traveler (J Haeske) posted a photo: Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah/Arizona

Lonesome Traveler (J Haeske) posted a photo:

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah/Arizona

“Both my parents were in prison while I was growing up. I’ve…

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“Both my parents were in prison while I was growing up. I’ve been in prison for 90% of my life, mainly for drugs. When I got out in 2014, there was this old lawyer in the Bronx who took an interest in me. His name was Ramon Jimenez. He’s kind of like a community activist. I don’t know why he cared so much, but he sat down with me and tried to map out my life. When I tried to start selling drugs again, Ramon came out and stood on the corner with me for three days straight. Here’s this 72 year old dude, shadowing me wherever I go, screaming at anyone who tried to walk up to me: ‘I’m calling the cops!’ I was so mad. But after three days I gave it up.”

Ai Weiwei lies face down in the sand to recreate heartbreaking photo of drowned Syrian toddler

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Shortly after retracting his work from Danish museums in protest of an anti-immigration bill, Ai Weiwei is drawing even more attention to the Syrian refugee crisis by recreating last year’s image of drowned infant Alan Kurdi. Taken by photographer Rohit Chawla for India Today magazine, the recreated picture is currently gathering crowds at an exhibition at the India Art Fair.