14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Without drugs

Santo Domingo is a popular neighborhood in Medellín, Colombia. It condenses the traces of a violent-drug-trafficking city with the desire for change towards a better future. This man standing on a window of a Drug Rehab Center represents the difficulty of change under the shadow of a dark past, just as it is happening in Medellín.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Medellín, Colombia
Camera: NIKON D90
Copyright: © Jose Castro