Comments on: America land of “opportunities”

By: johno

johno — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:00:44 +0000

dirty kids ride free

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:39 +0000

“Hero Says:
Dude those photos are fking beautiful, i’d love to live with these people, freedom.”

really? thats what you get out of these photos?

this is just sad, at what point are you giving up a decent life to be “free” ?

By: Lars Pohlmann

Lars Pohlmann — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:13:56 +0000

I meant: I find it unsettling, that this comment got deleted…

By: MergedLoki

MergedLoki — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:41:49 +0000

Damn hippies

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By: sanela

sanela — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:22:24 +0000

I wish I were that rich! Than I could simply leave everything for a year or two, live like a hobo and call myself an artist!

By: KK

KK — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:58:46 +0000

Freedom of choice…

By: Nokia Photos

Nokia Photos — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:44:06 +0000

Absolutely fantastic photos. Well done.

By: euphoria

euphoria — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:54:47 +0000

Hehe, is that: Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby Mc Gee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FMhnl0__Vo

By: db

db — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:42:06 +0000

Freedoms just another word for nothin’ left to lose….

By: linke.rs

linke.rs — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:17:30 +0000

Amerika zemlja mogucnosti…

Amerika, zemlja mogucnosti. Americki san, dodji da ga zivis. Nisu bas svi tako lepo prosli. Pogledajte njihov zivot na ulici… Mladi beskucnici u Americi….

By: bill

bill — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:31:43 +0000

that is undoubtedly a henna tattoo

By: Kamapuaa

Kamapuaa — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:02:42 +0000

These people are “travelers”. They are, for the most part, intentionally homeless, choosing to hop freight trains around the country, and live outside of society in a loose subculture. I remember reading about this series of pictures – a photojournalist gave one of these kids a camera, and got him to promise in exchange to send photos back to him.

By: buddy

buddy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:49:55 +0000

Art school + no rich parents = cool hobo pics. Must have been a cool trip, although some of it doesn’t look all that happy.

By: Workpost Foreman

Workpost Foreman — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:48:35 +0000

The people featured in this photo series probably come from very different backgrounds + it would be interesting to know more about them.

By: Will

Will — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:46:57 +0000

but they can afford to buy cigarettes…

By: Scott555

Scott555 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:27:46 +0000

“Homeless?”

Hobos, tramps, bums…maybe. “Homeless” seems to imply they can’t help it. These people live a transient existence by choice; the stinkier the hippy the bigger the trust fund.

By: ChrisJ

ChrisJ — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:21:12 +0000

Agreed, Bey. This is presented as though it’s some American failing…these are hippies and squatters, living a life of choice, and in most of these pics, they seem to be enjoying themselves. Great pics. Pointless rhetoric.

By: Bey

Bey — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:51:10 +0000

Gee, I don’t know why I can’t get a job, not even as a cashier. Perhaps it’s this tattoo on my FACE? Perhaps it’s the reverse mohawk I have? Or the nosering? …

The images are beautiful but the rhetoric you’ve paired with it ruins it for me. I don’t think the issue here is that America failed these people …

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By: Hero

Hero — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:24:54 +0000

Dude those photos are fking beautiful, i’d love to live with these people, freedom.

-hero