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# The Faces of the Bronx
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2012/04/the-faces-of-the-bronx/
- Published: 2012-04-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:52:19.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

Haunting and beautiful [set of photos](https://www.flickr.com/photos/arnade/sets/72157625731753346/?ref=chrisenns.com) that are both literally and figuratively a world away from where I am - and yet I know the stories could just as easily be found here.

[![Takeesha again: Hunts Point Bronx](https://storage.ghost.io/c/67/50/6750cf9b-787e-4b61-ae0a-04a8492a2ece/content/images/7041/6839491116_9a350df924.jpg)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/arnade/6839491116/?ref=chrisenns.com)

> She retold us how she was put onto the streets as a prostitute by her mother at the age of 11, raped at 13 and fell into addiction.  
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> “It’s sad when it’s your mother, who you trust, and she was out there with me. But you know what kept me through all that? God. Whenever I got into the car, God got into the car with me.”

[View the rest of the set](https://www.flickr.com/photos/arnade/sets/72157625731753346/?ref=chrisenns.com).