The Blue Hollywood Street sanctuary run by Quincy Brown (“Pastor Blue”) demonstrates the paradox brought about by the nation’s now 52-year war on drugs. Safe sites for monitored drug use are seen as beneficial by public health experts but remain largely illegal.
Once divided by gentrification, an immigrant janitor and a millennial marketing executive now count on each other as fellow renters battling corporate landlords.
Sarah Fay, 28, is among the millions of Americans in precarious housing situations, sometimes on the brink of homelessness. She gave photographer Barbara Davidson, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, deep access to her life to capture these scenes.
A photo essay by Joanne Kim.