Anil is the leader of the gang. He often cuts his arms with a dirty needle to show his gang he can handle pain better than the others so that nobody would fuck around with him being the boss. Unlike most of the kids he has a house and family in Kathmandu.
After having done glue all day, at Night the kids were always really high. It was the moment when they were the most fucked, violent and hostile.
Whenever I think about the kids the first image that comes to my mind is their wall, the one they were sleeping against. It is their home. The texture of it illustrates their lifestyle - the marks on their skin, the dirt, their physical appearance and their mental confusion...
This is the day I brought Asouk to the hospital to remove his stiches. He was stabbed by Little Asis, a member of is gang just a couple of years younger than him. The doctor told him that the wound was too dirty and that it was likely to get infected if he kept living on the streets. Two days later he left without telling anyone.
Prabin, 9.00 AM
He looks really young. For a gang it is good to have little members like him. They are the ones that make the most money begging.
Doing glue is like being an alcoholic. You start drinking in the morning and you are al right. By 4 PM you start to get really high. By 11 PM you are completely fucked off your face. This picture was taken at around 11.30 PM.
The gang shares the sidewalk with a pack of dogs. Bibek is a 14 year old orphan. He has been living in the streets for as long as he can remember. He is the one who plays the most with them.
This 8 year old kid was trying to hit me with his glue tube because I didn’t want to give him money.
Prabin, 9.10 AM.
6 AM. How they sleep. They generally sleep three hours per night.
Kale struck me as the most sensitive of the group. He was one of the few who was quiet and polite. He rarely talked.
