{"id":1333,"date":"2009-02-11T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2009-02-11T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T19:00:00","slug":"the-big-issue-and-addiction-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/the-big-issue-and-addiction-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Issue and Addiction in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div>\n<p>I started this work in 2003 in Newport in South Wales. The project was first aimed at documenting The Big Issue vendors&#8217; lives, homeless people selling The Big Issue street magazine. I interrupted the project in 2004 and started it again in Cardiff in 2006. Lillo, an Italian drug addict, was the first person who I met in Newport. Thanks to Lillo I came into contact with the world of drug addiction and alcoholism. During the time spent with Lillo and his friends I realised that what really interested me was the human condition of addiction.<br \/> Luca Ferrari<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucaferrari.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\">www.lucaferrari.co.uk <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/stories\/ferrari_to_web\" width=\"640\" height=\"580\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>Luca Ferrari&#8217;s long-term project on drug addiction in Wales.<br \/> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=783:the-big-issue-and-addiction-in-wales&amp;catid=61&amp;Itemid=475\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 285px;\" title=\"Luca Ferrari\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/019.jpg\" alt=\"Luca Ferrari\" width=\"420\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a> 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