SAN FRANCISCO — "I keep thinking where we went wrong. We have no one to talk to now, however, I will not allow this loneliness to destroy me—I STILL HAVE MY DREAMS. I would like an elegant home, a loving husband and the wealth I am used to," 1982.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "My name is Judy and I am 11 years old. I like the picture. My mom looks like she angry. I don't like the way I look because I look pregnat. My favorite thing is to play with boys," 1979.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "I like to be attractive and distant. I love the games, intrigue and mystery of being a woman. Honesty can be boring. True femininity is a great deal of power," 1981.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "To me life seems so messed up but littel by littel I am trying to over come that. Because it is hard being a woman and to accept me as I am," 1978.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "This is the most terrible picture ever taken. I look swollen .. my heart wasn't happy. I wasn't lucky to be born in the U.S.A. In Guatemala I was my own boss, I was middle class, I was a nurse. At the beginning I was sad to be a housekeeper, now I am used to it. When your illness has no cure why worry?," 1981.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "What I really want is a real home with nice furniture, also a van to drive. I would also like to give my son what I didn't get in life. Which includes love," 1979.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "My life is personal, but I will tell you one thing I'm too fat," 1977.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "I wish I could see more softness within myself. Most of the time, as though in limbo, I feel caught between an iceberg and a desert," 1983.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "I look content and tasteful. My kitchen is orderly. I like to prepare food as attractive as possible," 1981.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "Manny loves me—but I am too strong to love him." ... "This photo makes me want to cry," 1982.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "It's kind of stinky living in this hotel. I don't have nothing only $10. I keep waiting for someone to come in my door and give me money but nobody ever will," 1984.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "I love the picture. I am a homosexual. May be if I send one of the pictures you gave me, Jim, to my nephew he will understand how hard his uncle is struggling," 1977.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "This picture is about having everything I want. I don't have to struggle—but I want to struggle. I wish I could say I was interested in changing the human condition, but everything I see tells me nothing will work especially if it gets in the way of my happiness," 1982.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "Now I see a way out to a decent future. I'm tired of this shit, drugs and pimping and all that stuff. Maybe now I have the courage to do something—anything. I don't know, we will see. Jim, Thanks. (P.S) I love you," 1977.
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SAN FRANCISCO — "We look like weatherbeaten survivors. We try to understand each other. We can't always. When we are young we think people will change, but they will become only what they are. Now, we are at the end of our lives. Growing old together eases the pain," 1983.
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SAN FRANCISCO—"This picture says that we are a very emotional & tight family, like the three Musketteers." ... "Poverty sucks but it brings us closer together," 1979.
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