“Students” Patrick, 20, “Only when I’m drunk, because it makes me look cool.” Ashley Napier, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students” A.A. Napier, 22, started this semester as result of Photography, JPRA 362. Ashley Napier, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students” Erik, 25, believes smoking will never kill him because he is Irish. Blake Jackman, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students” Steve, 20, started smoking when he was 18. He says: “I started to help try and quit smoking weed.” Blake Jackman, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students” Carolina, 24, began smoking at age 17. She started smoking because “I thought it was cool” and she continues to smoke because “I am an idiot.” Brooke Davis, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students” Theo, 22, believes that nicotine has a positive effect on brain functioning. Cagla Alkan, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students” Caitlin, 21, has been smoking since she was 13. She prefers Camel and it is the miracle of photography that Caitlin gives the shadow of a camel. Cagla Alkan, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students II” Caitlin, 20, a JPRA major of Temple University, started smoking at 13 “because I wanted to hang out with cool crowd. I have not stopped smoking because I’m damn cranky without cigarette.” Gniewomira Swaldek, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students II” Cagla Alkan, 22, says “I am not smoking because I have asthma, but I smoked that particular cigarette for art. Yes I did.” Gniewomira Swaldek, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students II” Maryte Curran, 25, smoked for eight years. “I smoke because I drink coffee. I couldn’t imagine one without the other,” she said. Jonathan Goldberg, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students II” Caitlin Ryan, 20, a JPRA major at Temple University, started smoking when she was 13. “Because I wanted to be cool,” she said. “I’ve continued because I’m a bitch when I don’t have nicotine in my system.” Heather Duffy, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students II” Shandy Lee, 26, a BTMM graduate student at Temple, started smoking at 18. “The smoke of cigarettes shields me from the outside world,” Shandy said. Mutzu Huang, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students III” Jon Goldberg, 25, an MJ student at Temple, started smoking when he was 15. “I started smoking because I am stupid,” Jon said. Mutzu Huang, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students III” Erika Barakso, 19, of Mt. Pocono, Pa, started smoking at 13, because she was hanging out with her older sister’s friends. Taina Rohrman, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students III” George Tan, 23, Art History major at Temple University started smoking to fit in with neighborhood kids while growing up in a tough area. He continues to smoke onnly because he has not tried to quit. Scott Heard, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students III” Tobi Segal, 20, has been smoking for four years. When asked why he started and why he continues he responded “because it’s cooooooool and because I’m stupid.” Theodore Spyrou, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Students III” Eva and Sara, two 19-year-old college students at the University of the Arts, have both been smoking since they were 14. “It was the cool thing to do back then,” Sara says. “And now I can’t quit.” Victoria Prisco, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Middle Aged” Eduardo, 45, admits that smoking is a bad habit. While posing for the camera he adds, “I’ve never thought of quitting.” Cagla Alkan, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Middle Aged” Marla, 49, started smoking when she was 18. A cancer survivor, she admits she should stop, but she said she smokes when she’s stressed out. Angy Peterson, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Middle Aged” Gregory Bonaparte, 45, general mechanic, started smoking at age 14 as a “picked up habit, that supposed to relax like coffee or drugs but it is a bad habit.” Gniewomira Swaldek, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Middle Aged” Nick Cotelesa, 35, smoked for 15 years. “Smoking keeps me young. When you grow up, you realize how stupid it is. I still think it’s cool, so I’m obviously still a kid.” Jonathan Goldberg, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” “Old Man Sam” has smoked for more than 25-years. Ashley Napier, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” John, 65, does not remember when he started smoking. John does not have a brand preference. Cagla Alkanold, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” A homeless man, depicted here choking from trying to talk and smoke at the same time. He has smoked for more than 30- years and does not remember the reason for starting. Gniewomira Swaldek, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” Robert, 68, began smoking just before he joined the army at 19. “I just picked it up,” he said. “I already had the habit before I went.” Robert said that although he has asthma he has never tired to quit smoking. Heather Duffy, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” Lou Baxter, 58, started with Camel brand at 21. Lou continues to smoke because he finds it relaxing. Jonathan Cody, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” Frank, 67, cannot remember when he started, but “I just finished the New York Marathon, can’t I celebrate?” Sofia Negron, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Old Person” Dimitri Spyrou, 68, has been a heavy smoker for over 40 years. He started when he got out of the army at age 24. He refused to comment on why he started or why he continues. All he would say is, “I wish my son would quit.” Theodore Spyrou, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection I” Naser Miftari, 27, is a master of journalism student who started smoking at 14. “I quit for three years and started again,” he said. “It’s better to have some bad habit then not have any.” Angy Peterson, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection I” Maxwell, 16, started smoking when he was 12. “I was really stressed out,” he says. Blake Jackman, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection I” Ponja Deruishaj, 19, a sophomore at Temple, says “I started smoking when I first entered college. I was stressed and had financial difficulties.” Gniewomira Swaldek, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection I” Kara, 21, started smoking when she was 12 in church camp. She describes cigarettes as “love-hate relationship, physically enjoyable.” “I smoke for the act of smoking.” Gniewomira Swaldek, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection II” Temple University JPRA major Moira Cochran, 21, has been ‘addicted to smoking” since she was 16 years old. Calling it “a love/hate relationship,” Cochran jokingly puts four cigarettes in her mouth to satisfy the craving and calm her nerves. She readily admits peer pressure caused her to pick up the habit. And the reason she hasn’t kicked it? “I continue to smoke because I am addicted,” Cochran said. Heather Duffy, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection I” Alanzo Miller Jr., 60, began smoking at 19, while serving in the military. “I don’t have to smoke,” Miller said. “I’m just trying to live life.” Heather Duffy, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection II” Theodore Spyrou, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection II” Theodore Spyrou, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
“Free Selection II” Josh Holiday, 24, DJ/Promoter from Philadelphia smokes because everyone smokes at the clubs he promotes and spins at. He continues because it is “a hard habit to break when you’re surrounded by people smoking all the time.” Scott Heard, Basic Photography, Fall 2001
