YEMENIGHT

E.W.A

Downtown Divas

Female drug addicts living off the proceeds of street prostitution. “What drew us to this project is the ex-territorial status of these women as part of a group that exists outside society but is in fact society’s own product. Beyond the aesthetic challenge,we wanted to integrate these women back into society and ignore that ‘drug addict’ tag that they carry around. ‘Heroin Chic’ may look glamours in fashion editorials but when you take real heroin addicts who have the same characteristics as these models (…) the contrast is absolutely astounding. Not at one point did we wish to glamorize drugs, only to highlight reality.”