As Is: A Downtown Eastside Photographic Feature

By Citizen Correspondent Lincoln Clarkes , Canada
Date Posted: 02/07/07 Reader Rating:

This continuing photographic series (circa 1999) by photographer Lincoln Clarkes' entitled As Is, captures the extreme tragedy and texture in the epicenter of Canada's heroin ghetto in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The images speak volumes about the daily struggle that characterizes every street in the neighborhood from which over 60 women have gone missing. The DNA and body parts of many of these women were later discovered at the now-infamous Pickton farm, 30 kilometers East of Vancouver. Lincoln Clarkes' acclaimed series entitled Heroines, (Anvil Press) consists of hundreds of portraits of Vancouver's addicted women. Some of the women he befriended and immortalized on film were later counted among alleged serial killer Robert Pickton's victims. It has been written (LA Times) that Lincoln Clarkes finds beauty and grace in the most unlikely places. His images are an emotional testament to that statement.