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The Tenderloin district of San Francisco is home to hundreds of homeless who often create living encampments...this one belonging to some women and men who have obviously not cleaned recently.

Angel, a chronic homeless woman, writhes on the sidewalk on Market Street. She has mixed a prescription drug with heroin. She passed out shortly afterward. Luckily, Angel has a boyfriend named Mike who came by and helped her off the street.

Michelle, a homeless transvestite, gets some help from a friend finding a vein. She is desperate for a heroin fix, and like most addicts must have the drug at least twice a day. Getting money for heroin has kept her from keeping appointments and…

Anthony and Michelle Cook plead with a San Francisco police officer to let them stay in their tent after a merchant complained about their presence. They feel safe on this street beneath the Bay Bridge. They have been homeless for about two years.

Homeless woman Brandy Haslett has been panhandling at the corner of Van Ness and Golden Gate Avenues in San Francisco for years. She greets an old friend on a cool, foggy morning.

Little Bit' and Vina, a good friend of hers, emerge from their shopping cart encampment after being told they must move their belongings by the San Francisco police.

Memuna sleeps peacefully with a life now far removed from the violence and fear she experienced at such a tender age.

New sisters, Molly and Memuna chat on the couch on the night Kelly brought Memuna from NY to live with them in DC. The family later officially adopted her. The portrait on the wall was done before Memuna became a member of the family and it was later…

The McShane family laughs as Memuna takes control of the gavel at the DC courthouse after Memuna's adoption hearing. She is now officially Memunatu Mansaray McShane. Her mother Kelly laughs as Memuna climbs on a wall and throws her arm up in victory…