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  • 4460
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
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    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
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    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5210
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla and James watching a movie. James is on the run and hardly ever goes out. He is jealous and possessive. When Kayla turned 18 she had "no friends" to invite for a birthday party. At the time the picture was taken, she was 17 and her son was three.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5210
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla and James watching a movie. James is on the run and hardly ever goes out. He is jealous and possessive. When Kayla turned 18 she had "no friends" to invite for a birthday party. At the time the picture was taken, she was 17 and her son was three.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5211
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Troy, New York State, where the iron and steel industry in the late 19th century was a prototype for American Industry. The last plant closed its door in the late 1970s and is now a garbage dump. Other plants have provided land for the ever expanding Menswear County Jail.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5211
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Troy, New York State, where the iron and steel industry in the late 19th century was a prototype for American Industry. The last plant closed its door in the late 1970s and is now a garbage dump. Other plants have provided land for the ever expanding Menswear County Jail.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5212
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla (17) and her boyfriend James who broke the terms of his probation, left the court-ordered alcohol rehab and is now living "underground." Kayla quit school and works at Dunkin Donuts. James looks after Kayla's son D'Anthony (3), whose father has been in and out of jail since he was 16. James often punishes him harshly; here, because he is not toilet trained, James wrote on his diaper: "Hey, everybody, I shit."
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5212
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla (17) and her boyfriend James who broke the terms of his probation, left the court-ordered alcohol rehab and is now living "underground." Kayla quit school and works at Dunkin Donuts. James looks after Kayla's son D'Anthony (3), whose father has been in and out of jail since he was 16. James often punishes him harshly; here, because he is not toilet trained, James wrote on his diaper: "Hey, everybody, I shit."
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5213
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Roseanne lives in the basement of her friend Deborah's house; in exchange she minds Deborah's five children.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5213
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Roseanne lives in the basement of her friend Deborah's house; in exchange she minds Deborah's five children.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Katie (6) surveying the family possessions as they prepare them for storage. Katie's Mom is a single parent with three children, and involved with man who is in and out of prison. Dreading life alone as an "old maid" she ignored her better judgment and now the financial and emotional burden has put the entire family in jeopardy.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5214
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Katie (6) surveying the family possessions as they prepare them for storage. Katie's Mom is a single parent with three children, and involved with man who is in and out of prison. Dreading life alone as an "old maid" she ignored her better judgment and now the financial and emotional burden has put the entire family in jeopardy.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5215
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Laurie (34) met Bob after she and her four children had been evicted for failure to pay the rent. Three years later, much of their time together has been spent with Bob in prison and Laurie supporting him. Laurie has had to move into Deborah's basement and send her four children to live with relatives.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5215
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Laurie (34) met Bob after she and her four children had been evicted for failure to pay the rent. Three years later, much of their time together has been spent with Bob in prison and Laurie supporting him. Laurie has had to move into Deborah's basement and send her four children to live with relatives.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5216
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Five year-old Destiny stakes her claim to a bedroom in the new family apartment. After her mom lost her job as a hotel housekeeper, they were homeless, bouncing from friends to family.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5216
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Five year-old Destiny stakes her claim to a bedroom in the new family apartment. After her mom lost her job as a hotel housekeeper, they were homeless, bouncing from friends to family.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5217
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jessie (5) playing in North Troy, once one of the wealthiest communities in the US. The mask has been cut from a cereal box bought at Price Chopper, one of the main employers in the area.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5217
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jessie (5) playing in North Troy, once one of the wealthiest communities in the US. The mask has been cut from a cereal box bought at Price Chopper, one of the main employers in the area.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana (32) telling her children to do the housework. It is her day off from the Hess Mini Mart in South Troy. Diana has seven children and the four youngest live with her. The baby is her goddaughter, whom she minds several days a week.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5218
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana (32) telling her children to do the housework. It is her day off from the Hess Mini Mart in South Troy. Diana has seven children and the four youngest live with her. The baby is her goddaughter, whom she minds several days a week.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5219
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Katie playing with dolls while waiting for her mother to come home from her job as a housekeeper at the Marriott Hotel.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5219
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Katie playing with dolls while waiting for her mother to come home from her job as a housekeeper at the Marriott Hotel.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Troy has a rotating stock of low-income housing. Edward J. and his companion of 17 years have been in their Sixth Avenue apartment in Troy for eight years. The couple battle mental illness and survive on disability benefits. Their building has been shut down because of drug traffic and they have to vacate the premises. On their last day at home, they are searching the local paper for an affordable apartment.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5220
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Troy has a rotating stock of low-income housing. Edward J. and his companion of 17 years have been in their Sixth Avenue apartment in Troy for eight years. The couple battle mental illness and survive on disability benefits. Their building has been shut down because of drug traffic and they have to vacate the premises. On their last day at home, they are searching the local paper for an affordable apartment.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    My Dad and His Companion of 17 Years.
    My father has battled mental illness his entire life. He met his companion, Ann, seventeen years ago when working at the front desk of a hotel renting rooms by the week. Ann showed up with a suitcase and nowhere to go. She suffers from schizophrenia and psychotic delusions. My father is bipolar. Together they have been able to remain independent. Ann calls my father "Daddy." Their relationship is not sexual, but they are affectionate. Here they are celebrating their new apartment and inflatable mattress.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5221
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    My Dad and His Companion of 17 Years.
    My father has battled mental illness his entire life. He met his companion, Ann, seventeen years ago when working at the front desk of a hotel renting rooms by the week. Ann showed up with a suitcase and nowhere to go. She suffers from schizophrenia and psychotic delusions. My father is bipolar. Together they have been able to remain independent. Ann calls my father "Daddy." Their relationship is not sexual, but they are affectionate. Here they are celebrating their new apartment and inflatable mattress.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5222
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla gave birth to her son D'Anthony when she was 14; she was dating Sabrina at the time and Kayla's son was fathered by Sabrina's 16-year-old cousin. Kayla broke up with Sabrina when her son was one, and began dating Heather who moved into Kayla's bedroom in her Mom's house and lived there for a year before Kayla began dating James. D' Anthony was 18 months old when this picture was taken. He used to call Heather "Daddy."
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5222
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla gave birth to her son D'Anthony when she was 14; she was dating Sabrina at the time and Kayla's son was fathered by Sabrina's 16-year-old cousin. Kayla broke up with Sabrina when her son was one, and began dating Heather who moved into Kayla's bedroom in her Mom's house and lived there for a year before Kayla began dating James. D' Anthony was 18 months old when this picture was taken. He used to call Heather "Daddy."
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5223
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    After a day's babysitting in exchange for her basement room, Roseanne is minding her grandson so that her daughter can go out after working a long shift at McDonald's.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5223
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    After a day's babysitting in exchange for her basement room, Roseanne is minding her grandson so that her daughter can go out after working a long shift at McDonald's.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jessica lives in a neighborhood notorious for street violence and police presence. When she was 21, she spent ten months in the County Jail on an arson charge after accidentally setting fire to a squat. Jessica has learning problems and spends her time in her room with video games and friends. Chasing cops in her Grand Theft Auto Game, she comments: "Now you know how we feel!"
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5224
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jessica lives in a neighborhood notorious for street violence and police presence. When she was 21, she spent ten months in the County Jail on an arson charge after accidentally setting fire to a squat. Jessica has learning problems and spends her time in her room with video games and friends. Chasing cops in her Grand Theft Auto Game, she comments: "Now you know how we feel!"
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5225
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee lives with her Mom, two sisters and brother in Troy. The food for the family is low-cost and easy to prepare. Darlee was recently diagnosed with AD/HD [Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder], and needs a proper diet. Even if mothers knew about a better diet and nutrition, there is a cultural stigma attached to eating differently from neighbors and friends, so a cycle of poor nutrition is passed down through generations.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5225
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee lives with her Mom, two sisters and brother in Troy. The food for the family is low-cost and easy to prepare. Darlee was recently diagnosed with AD/HD [Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder], and needs a proper diet. Even if mothers knew about a better diet and nutrition, there is a cultural stigma attached to eating differently from neighbors and friends, so a cycle of poor nutrition is passed down through generations.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5226
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee, asleep after a tantrum because she was not allowed to go to her Dad's house while her Mom is at work
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee, asleep after a tantrum because she was not allowed to go to her Dad's house while her Mom is at work
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5227
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Baby Lydia sleeps under the Sunday funnies while the voice of Sponge Bob sings on TV, and her four cousins play and scream around her. Her aunt Diana has seven children, four at home and three with their father. Diana baby-sits Lydia several times a week.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5227
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Baby Lydia sleeps under the Sunday funnies while the voice of Sponge Bob sings on TV, and her four cousins play and scream around her. Her aunt Diana has seven children, four at home and three with their father. Diana baby-sits Lydia several times a week.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5228
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Afavia lights a cigarette for her Mom, while her sister, Little D (10) and brother David (8) get breakfast.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Afavia lights a cigarette for her Mom, while her sister, Little D (10) and brother David (8) get breakfast.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5229
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Lydia was nineteen, pregnant and homeless when Diana took her in. A few weeks later, Diana got a job, and Lydia became the babysitter. She divides her time between breaking up fights between the children and talking to her boyfriend on the phone.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5229
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Lydia was nineteen, pregnant and homeless when Diana took her in. A few weeks later, Diana got a job, and Lydia became the babysitter. She divides her time between breaking up fights between the children and talking to her boyfriend on the phone.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee takes charge while her Mom works the night shift.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5230
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee takes charge while her Mom works the night shift.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5231
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Afavia (9) and the Care Bear.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
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    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Afavia (9) and the Care Bear.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5232
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla's son D'Anthony. Kayla drinks more than two liters of Mountain Dew a day, and calls it her "crack juice." She has acid reflux disease and severe complications.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5232
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla's son D'Anthony. Kayla drinks more than two liters of Mountain Dew a day, and calls it her "crack juice." She has acid reflux disease and severe complications.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5233
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Megan, Laurie's eldest daughter, gets breakfast for herself while Laurie is at work.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5233
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Megan, Laurie's eldest daughter, gets breakfast for herself while Laurie is at work.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5234
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    D'Anthony, the youngest of the pack playing a "fighting game" with his Uncle Jessie (5). D'Anthony's Mom and his grandmother are working a morning shift. The men, who are all out of work and have problems with the law, mind the children.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5234
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    D'Anthony, the youngest of the pack playing a "fighting game" with his Uncle Jessie (5). D'Anthony's Mom and his grandmother are working a morning shift. The men, who are all out of work and have problems with the law, mind the children.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5235
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee goes to work with her mother on days when she wins the argument and does not have to stay with her Dad or grandmother.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5235
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee goes to work with her mother on days when she wins the argument and does not have to stay with her Dad or grandmother.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5236
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Terry Nixon (48) is widowed, has four grown daughters and has survived cancer. She is learning impaired; her husband used to support her, and now she has applied for disability benefits. She lives at the YWCA in Troy.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5236
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Terry Nixon (48) is widowed, has four grown daughters and has survived cancer. She is learning impaired; her husband used to support her, and now she has applied for disability benefits. She lives at the YWCA in Troy.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5237
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee goes to work with her mother on days when she wins the argument and does not have to stay with her Dad or grandmother.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5237
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Darlee goes to work with her mother on days when she wins the argument and does not have to stay with her Dad or grandmother.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5238
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5238
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5239
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5239
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5240
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5240
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5241
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5241
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana, mother of seven. The father of the three oldest has custody and the Family Court ruling requires her to pay child support which takes half her income, leaving less than $200 a week for the family of five. Because she is employed, she has lost food stamp benefits worth more than $500 a month, so works over forty hours a week for only $300 more than she previously had from food stamps and social services.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5242
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Bedtime is tough with four kids and Diana often threatens them with a belt.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5242
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Bedtime is tough with four kids and Diana often threatens them with a belt.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5243
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana's daughter Dennys (9) has AD/HD [Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder]. She is often teased by her sisters and brother as they vie for their mother's attention. Here she is with the spoils found after the landlord evicted neighboring tenants.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5243
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Diana's daughter Dennys (9) has AD/HD [Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder]. She is often teased by her sisters and brother as they vie for their mother's attention. Here she is with the spoils found after the landlord evicted neighboring tenants.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5244
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla looking attractive for James who feels neglected after spending all day at home with D'Anthony.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5244
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Kayla looking attractive for James who feels neglected after spending all day at home with D'Anthony.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5245
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jessie (6) has been drinking coffee since he was a baby and gets headaches if he does not have enough. Here he is waiting for Roseanne, the "Nanny" to get him a coffee.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5245
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jessie (6) has been drinking coffee since he was a baby and gets headaches if he does not have enough. Here he is waiting for Roseanne, the "Nanny" to get him a coffee.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5246
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Deshaun (4), with the babysitter, her nephew, and his Mom, Billie Jean, doing her hair before work; she works 50 hours a week at McDonald's, earning $8 an hour. Childcare at a licensed facility would cost half her pay.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5246
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Deshaun (4), with the babysitter, her nephew, and his Mom, Billie Jean, doing her hair before work; she works 50 hours a week at McDonald's, earning $8 an hour. Childcare at a licensed facility would cost half her pay.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5247
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Little Jessie (7) after spray-painting his hair.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5247
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Little Jessie (7) after spray-painting his hair.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5248
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Roseanne (47) had nowhere to live and her friend Deborah, mother of five, needed a live-in babysitter. Roseanne moved into Deborah's basement five years ago and is now both nanny and "grand-nanny" as her youngest daughter has had a baby, another one to baby-sit. The daughter and granddaughter often spend the night in the basement bedroom.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5248
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Roseanne (47) had nowhere to live and her friend Deborah, mother of five, needed a live-in babysitter. Roseanne moved into Deborah's basement five years ago and is now both nanny and "grand-nanny" as her youngest daughter has had a baby, another one to baby-sit. The daughter and granddaughter often spend the night in the basement bedroom.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5249
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jose was born in The Bronx and has spent time in prison for drug-related crimes. He moved to Kayla's block in North Troy. She was 15, her son nearly two, and she became his girl for a few months till he went back to prison. For parole, Jose gave her address, and moved in, promising good times and money, and professing undying love. He was locked up again after six months. The barbed wire tattooed on his face symbolizes the time spent inside cages.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5249
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Jose was born in The Bronx and has spent time in prison for drug-related crimes. He moved to Kayla's block in North Troy. She was 15, her son nearly two, and she became his girl for a few months till he went back to prison. For parole, Jose gave her address, and moved in, promising good times and money, and professing undying love. He was locked up again after six months. The barbed wire tattooed on his face symbolizes the time spent inside cages.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5250
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Dana first fell pregnant before the age of 18 to a younger boy who went to prison for two years early in the pregnancy. Her family are devout Christians, and she entered into an open adoption arrangement with a family attending the same church. Two years later Dana fell in love with Ali, from Pakistan, who ended up converting to Christianity. Dana, aged 20, is pregnant again, and because of her Christian faith, is marrying Ali. She gave birth six weeks later.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
    5250
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Dana first fell pregnant before the age of 18 to a younger boy who went to prison for two years early in the pregnancy. Her family are devout Christians, and she entered into an open adoption arrangement with a family attending the same church. Two years later Dana fell in love with Ali, from Pakistan, who ended up converting to Christianity. Dana, aged 20, is pregnant again, and because of her Christian faith, is marrying Ali. She gave birth six weeks later.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally

     

  • Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    5251
    Upstate Girls - What Became of Collar City
    Laurie first met Bob when she and her four children were living in his sister's house and he was released from prison. He moved in, but has been in and out of jail for years. Laurie now shares the basement flat with Roseanne.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally
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    Laurie first met Bob when she and her four children were living in his sister's house and he was released from prison. He moved in, but has been in and out of jail for years. Laurie now shares the basement flat with Roseanne.
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    Laurie first met Bob when she and her four children were living in his sister's house and he was released from prison. He moved in, but has been in and out of jail for years. Laurie now shares the basement flat with Roseanne.
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    Laurie first met Bob when she and her four children were living in his sister's house and he was released from prison. He moved in, but has been in and out of jail for years. Laurie now shares the basement flat with Roseanne.
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    Dina "skating" in the family yard. The landlord cited the state of the yard as one of the reasons for evicting the family.
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    Dina "skating" in the family yard. The landlord cited the state of the yard as one of the reasons for evicting the family.
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    Dana and Ali live in a small, well kept apartment. The baby shower at the church was a huge success and they barely have space for all the gifts. Ali works at a disaster cleaning service and Dana will stay home with the new baby and Ali's three-year-old daughter from a previous girlfriend.
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    Dana and Ali live in a small, well kept apartment. The baby shower at the church was a huge success and they barely have space for all the gifts. Ali works at a disaster cleaning service and Dana will stay home with the new baby and Ali's three-year-old daughter from a previous girlfriend.
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    Roseanne visiting her two daughters and their children who live together in one apartment. The younger daughter, Michelene, overcame drug addiction when pregnant. Her baby, Belinda, now a healthy two-year old, is with her Grandma who calls her a "miracle baby." Not only does she have a grandchild, but she also has her daughter back, as Michelene has remained in her court-ordered drug treatment program.
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    Roseanne visiting her two daughters and their children who live together in one apartment. The younger daughter, Michelene, overcame drug addiction when pregnant. Her baby, Belinda, now a healthy two-year old, is with her Grandma who calls her a "miracle baby." Not only does she have a grandchild, but she also has her daughter back, as Michelene has remained in her court-ordered drug treatment program.
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    Dana (21) with her baby, before going home to her new husband and stepdaughter.
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    Dana (21) with her baby, before going home to her new husband and stepdaughter.
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    A television interview with young residents in North Troy during a rally protesting against gun violence. North Troy is notorious for gang activity and local media are keen to find an excuse to enter the usually closed community.
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    A television interview with young residents in North Troy during a rally protesting against gun violence. North Troy is notorious for gang activity and local media are keen to find an excuse to enter the usually closed community.
    © Brenda Ann Kenneally