I Started Coming In When I Was 11

[Photos] Today on Bokeh: "The state took me away from my Mom when I was 10. She was smoking heavily. I was smoking with my Mom when I was 5 ... When she had me she was 15— my age probably. She was 14 when she got pregnant with me."

[Photos] In Atlanta, an Exploration of the New Family Normal

Dani Planer is a young photographer based in the heart of the South’s biggest, bravest city. Her latest series, featured today on Bokeh, documents six different Atlanta families. Like the population of the city they live in, the families are ethnically and structurally complex, diverse in their backgrounds and make up. Yet each stunning photograph relays a common familial bond that extends beyond the confines of race and culture.

[Photos] My Whole Family is Drug Abusers and Criminals

Today on Bokeh: a photo and interview with N.C, age 17, at Johnson County Juvenile Detention Center in Olathe, Kan., who states, "It’s a criminal world and I am a danger to society. They expect me to change over night but they don’t realize progress takes time. I’ve changed in the last 4 months here by trying to control my anger … my mouth … my disrespect …"

[Photos] City Heights Youth Shed Light on San Diego’s Streetlight Problem

When Rosario Iannacone steps outside her father’s home after dark, she shudders with the memory of her close call with a stranger. If Esperanza Gonzalez must go out at night, she leaves her purse at home and runs to her destination. Ana Lilia Gutierrez won’t let her kids roam the neighborhood at night after a car slow-rolled her near an inky neighborhood park.