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Photography. By: Mariah Sumpter. Theodora Triggs, 34, cradles daughter Tamika, 3, after shooting heroin. Tamika Triggs, 3, dozes on a filthy mattress in a shed in Long Beach while her mother, Theodora, right, and a friend, Dorene McDonald, get high on crack cocaine and heroin.

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Photography

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  1. Photography By: Mariah Sumpter

  2. Theodora Triggs, 34, cradles daughter Tamika, 3, after shooting heroin.

  3. Tamika Triggs, 3, dozes on a filthy mattress in a shed in Long Beach while her mother, Theodora, right, and a friend, Dorene McDonald, get high on crack cocaine and heroin.

  4. Tamika looks out a bus window. Her life revolves around her mother's drug abuse. This year, Tamika has lived in at least nine places, including a crack den, the home of an ex-boyfriend's mother, a garage and a hotel.

  5. With her back to her daughter, Theodora Triggs shoots heroin. She insists that she loves Tamika and says she knows other children of addicts who are worse off, but admits, "When I'm using, I'm chasing my drug. I'm not paying attention to her."

  6. With a child's spontaneous joy, Tamika smiles as she runs past her mother and Johnny, a man they lived with briefly. "My dad's in prison," Tamika explained recently. "And my mom is sad."

  7. Theodora Triggs caresses daughter Tamika as the child falls asleep. When her mother vanishes for hours or days in search of drugs, Tamika fears she will never come back.

  8. Johnny brushes Tamika's teeth with a toothbrush she is sharing this day with Theodora, who is HIV-positive. After noticing that her own gums were bleeding, Theodora asked him to clean Tamika's teeth first.

  9. Tamika wanders behind shed where her mother and a friend got high earlier.

  10. Kevin Bryan, 8, covers his ears and turns away as his father's girlfriend, Rita Green, screams at him in their Long Beach apartment, which is a hangout for numerous addicts.

  11. Before going to sleep, Ashley Bryan says her usual prayer: "Just once, give me something good. Please, make life get better." Neglect is the norm for Ashley and her brother, who go weeks without a bath, and are often hungry.

  12. I did those pictures because my aunt is in a bad place right now and she needs help. I really hope that my cousins do not have to go through what some of these kids went through while their parents did what they did. My aunt means the world to me and I can not stand to see her put her and her family through what she has. I am taking a stand to help her in any way I can.

  13. Rocky Mountain News Photo Staff

  14. Firefighter Daniel Crawford catches his breath after battling the Hayman Fire near Deckers all day. The blaze, which ultimately consumed 137,000 acres and destroyed 132 homes, exploded to nearly 87,000 acres that day.

  15. Framing

  16. Leading Lines

  17. Rule of Thirds

  18. Angle

  19. Center of interest

  20. Birds Eye view.

  21. Cut line 1 Manning the desk During third block Mr. Mike Danley runs the front desk. Mr. Danley takes the information from parents or students who come into the building. Mr. Danley also assists the boys JV and Varsity soccer teams.

  22. Cut line 2 Attendance Office Trying to figure out who is in school and who is not Ms. Joyce Hodges works hard in her office to figure out the attendance for the day. Everyone at Kempsvilleloves to visit Ms. Hodges because she always has candy to share.

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