The psychiatric nurse who overcame a life of addiction
The dramatic turnaround of a carnival runaway and drug addict who spent more than 20 years living on the streets. Today Anthony Brown is a psychiatric nurse and college professor.
The dramatic turnaround of a carnival runaway and drug addict who spent more than 20 years living on the streets. Today Anthony Brown is a psychiatric nurse and college professor. He has written a book about his remarkable journey called: From Park Bench to Park Avenue.
Alexia Webster is a photojournalist from Johannesburg. After an experience in a refugee camp in Kenya, she founded ‘Street Studios,’ a portable photo booth that she has since set up in refugee camps all over the world. Alexia takes photos of the people who live there and prints them out for free.
Picture: Anthony Brown
Credit: Rik Boose
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- Tue 28 Apr 202011:06GMTBBC World Service
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