Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue

This is a photographic and textual look at the embattled inhabitants of three representative troubled communities in the US. The book reveals how first steps toward solutions to overcome the drug trade have actually contributed to public denial and further isolation of the trapped communities. Interviews with gang members, addicts, dealers, parents, children, the elderly, sex workers and the clergy give voice to members of the afflicted communities. Eugene Richards has worked as a freelance editorial photographer for "Life", "The Sunday Times", "New York Times Magazine" and "GEO".
 
This is a photographic and textual look at the embattled inhabitants of three representative troubled communities in the US. The book reveals how first steps toward solutions to overcome the drug trade have actually contributed to public denial and further isolation of the trapped communities. Interviews with gang members, addicts, dealers, parents, children, the elderly, sex workers and the clergy give voice to members of the afflicted communities. Eugene Richards has worked as a freelance editorial photographer for "Life", "The Sunday Times", "New York Times Magazine" and "GEO".