Tobacco Road
Photographer/Creator
Nancy Pastor
Publisher
The Washington Times
Caption/Description
Former smoker and cancer survivor Peg Browning, 72, from Elicott City, Md., a prisoner to an oxygen tank, she has undergone a tracheotomy, 5 angioplasties and endured over 30 surgeries. Peg grows weaker daily as she rests on the two oxygen tanks that sit at the base of her front door.
Citation
Nancy Pastor, "Tobacco Road," in POYi Archive, Item #34191, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/34191 (accessed May 23, 2025).