Youth is wasted on the young.

The phrase is cliché but carries truth in these photographs.

These kids grew up in Tucson. They were locals, still in their teens. They didn’t go to school and could barely keep a job. The ones who didn’t work got money from their parents or sold drugs and stole to get by. They were free from parental supervision and expectations. Speeding through life, they only cared about what they were doing, never concerning themselves with where their lives were going.

But what was the result of the freedom and good times they experienced? Today, some are addicts, some are in rehab, others skipped town to avoid the police or local grudges. These photographs show my friends when they were still young, running amok, and loving every minute of it.

年輕大聲沒有用

青春就是該浪費在年少輕狂之時。

以上都是陳腔濫調了，但這些相片正說著事實。

這些孩子在塔岡城長大。他們都是當地人，都還年輕。他們沒有去學校，也很難保有一份工作。那些不工作的人跟他們父母拿錢，或者藉著販毒和偷竊牟利。他們不用背負父母的管教和期許。時光匆匆，他們只在意自己的事情，從不關心自己生活的周遭發生了什麼。

但，在體驗這樣的自由和快樂的後果是什麼？現在，有的人得到藥癮，有的人在勒戒所，其他有的則是逃到鎮外躲避警察的追捕或當地黑道。這些照片顯現出我朋友還年輕時的模樣，他們恣意失控地過活，享受當下的每一秒。