Street Grunt
@streetgrunt.bsky.social
Ex-trailer trash, combat veteran, former addict, photographer and storyteller. I go where others do not. This work is a collection of American street life.
“We’re just drinkin a couple beers!” Terry shouted from the streets of Denver. “And I tell ya what, if you know the governor of Colorado, I’ve got a message for him. I’d like ya to tell him’, ‘He’s a f**kin tinker bell!’”
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February 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
“We’re just drinkin a couple beers!” Terry shouted from the streets of Denver. “And I tell ya what, if you know the governor of Colorado, I’ve got a message for him. I’d like ya to tell him’, ‘He’s a f**kin tinker bell!’”
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“I have good news since the last time I saw you,” Charles shared with a smile from the streets of Denver. “The VA approved my disability - I was in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne. This is really going to help me a lot.”
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February 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM
“I have good news since the last time I saw you,” Charles shared with a smile from the streets of Denver. “The VA approved my disability - I was in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne. This is really going to help me a lot.”
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I have a son that’s 28,” Tricia shared from the streets of Denver. “I’ve been homeless for ten years, but before that, when my son was 14, I taught him his first four chords on the guitar. In two months he was playing better than me.”
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I have a son that’s 28,” Tricia shared from the streets of Denver. “I’ve been homeless for ten years, but before that, when my son was 14, I taught him his first four chords on the guitar. In two months he was playing better than me.”
“I was sitting in jail on a weed charge in the state of Indiana,” Bryan shared from the streets of Denver, “when I read in Rolling Stone magazine that Denver was going to legalize weed. I stared at the bud in the picture and I thought, ‘When I get out, I’m going to Denver.’ And that’s what I did.”
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 AM
“I was sitting in jail on a weed charge in the state of Indiana,” Bryan shared from the streets of Denver, “when I read in Rolling Stone magazine that Denver was going to legalize weed. I stared at the bud in the picture and I thought, ‘When I get out, I’m going to Denver.’ And that’s what I did.”
“A healthy shoe is a healthy you,” he shared from his shoe shine station in the streets of Denver. “The Devil calls this leather, but God calls this an animal’s skin. While you have this skin on you, you have the responsibility to take care of it.
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“A healthy shoe is a healthy you,” he shared from his shoe shine station in the streets of Denver. “The Devil calls this leather, but God calls this an animal’s skin. While you have this skin on you, you have the responsibility to take care of it.
“Everyone calls me Mony, but my real name is Monica,” she shared from Denver. “I was born here - been on these streets since I was 16, off and on - I’m 36 now. I estimate I’ve done heroin for a total of 10 years.
February 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
“Everyone calls me Mony, but my real name is Monica,” she shared from Denver. “I was born here - been on these streets since I was 16, off and on - I’m 36 now. I estimate I’ve done heroin for a total of 10 years.
“MY FRIEND IS JESUS!” Chris continued to repeat from the streets of Denver. “MY FRIEND IS JESUS! I PUSH JESUS TODAY SO PEOPLE BELIEVE YESTERDAY! MY FRIEND IS JESUS!”
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February 10, 2026 at 6:15 AM
“MY FRIEND IS JESUS!” Chris continued to repeat from the streets of Denver. “MY FRIEND IS JESUS! I PUSH JESUS TODAY SO PEOPLE BELIEVE YESTERDAY! MY FRIEND IS JESUS!”
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“I’m a self-described bum,” David shared as I photographed his Grateful Dead tattoo that was covering his Star of David brand. “I have liver problems. I like liquor and meth, and thats caused my liver issues. I only smoke meth now, I don’t shoot it anymore.
February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“I’m a self-described bum,” David shared as I photographed his Grateful Dead tattoo that was covering his Star of David brand. “I have liver problems. I like liquor and meth, and thats caused my liver issues. I only smoke meth now, I don’t shoot it anymore.
“My brother and I used to run with a gang. We were moving drugs, and for a while, big pounds. Then he got shot, and that was that - he was dead. After that, I continued to sell, but smaller amounts, until I got shot too - the bullet entered my shoulder and exited near my heart…
February 9, 2026 at 8:14 AM
“My brother and I used to run with a gang. We were moving drugs, and for a while, big pounds. Then he got shot, and that was that - he was dead. After that, I continued to sell, but smaller amounts, until I got shot too - the bullet entered my shoulder and exited near my heart…
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
“I modeled for ZCMI back in the day,” Charles shared from the streets of Denver, “but I started losing my hair at a very young age, and that ended my modeling career.
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 AM
“I modeled for ZCMI back in the day,” Charles shared from the streets of Denver, “but I started losing my hair at a very young age, and that ended my modeling career.
“HEY!” Someone yelled on the streets of Denver. “YOU REMEMBER ME?”
I looked, and shouted back, “OSAGE! How you been bro?”
“Sh*t, I’m a Marine - I’m fine.”
We shook hands, caught up, and split.
It was good to see my friend Osage.
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I looked, and shouted back, “OSAGE! How you been bro?”
“Sh*t, I’m a Marine - I’m fine.”
We shook hands, caught up, and split.
It was good to see my friend Osage.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:45 AM
“HEY!” Someone yelled on the streets of Denver. “YOU REMEMBER ME?”
I looked, and shouted back, “OSAGE! How you been bro?”
“Sh*t, I’m a Marine - I’m fine.”
We shook hands, caught up, and split.
It was good to see my friend Osage.
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I looked, and shouted back, “OSAGE! How you been bro?”
“Sh*t, I’m a Marine - I’m fine.”
We shook hands, caught up, and split.
It was good to see my friend Osage.
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“I believe my father is still alive, and living on his farm outside of Noble, Oklahoma,” Squeaky shared from the streets of Denver. “I hope to see him before he and I run out of time.”
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February 6, 2026 at 6:21 AM
“I believe my father is still alive, and living on his farm outside of Noble, Oklahoma,” Squeaky shared from the streets of Denver. “I hope to see him before he and I run out of time.”
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“I’m from Noble, Oklahoma,” Squeaky shared from the streets of Denver. “I did time in prison for grand theft auto and robbery. I got out when I was 28, and I’ve been on the streets since. I’m diagnosed with severe depression and as a paranoid schizophrenic.”
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February 5, 2026 at 7:49 AM
“I’m from Noble, Oklahoma,” Squeaky shared from the streets of Denver. “I did time in prison for grand theft auto and robbery. I got out when I was 28, and I’ve been on the streets since. I’m diagnosed with severe depression and as a paranoid schizophrenic.”
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“HEY! WHERE’S YOUR DOG?!”Someone shouted from the streets of Denver.
I turned to face the man’s words, and was surprised to see it was my friend. “ANDRE!”
I turned to face the man’s words, and was surprised to see it was my friend. “ANDRE!”
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
“HEY! WHERE’S YOUR DOG?!”Someone shouted from the streets of Denver.
I turned to face the man’s words, and was surprised to see it was my friend. “ANDRE!”
I turned to face the man’s words, and was surprised to see it was my friend. “ANDRE!”
“I have a bad heart,” Charles shared from the streets of Denver. “I’m on my way to get nitroglycerin, and then I’m hoping to make enough panhandling to get a cheeseburger from McDonald’s.”
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 AM
“I have a bad heart,” Charles shared from the streets of Denver. “I’m on my way to get nitroglycerin, and then I’m hoping to make enough panhandling to get a cheeseburger from McDonald’s.”
From the seat of his wheelchair in the streets of Denver, Chain pulled his electric Ibanez guitar from his tent.
February 3, 2026 at 7:01 AM
From the seat of his wheelchair in the streets of Denver, Chain pulled his electric Ibanez guitar from his tent.
“I don’t like the word bum,” Tim shared from the streets of Denver. “I don’t like the word transient either. I prefer the term hobo, or tramp. A hobo will work. A tramp will work. I’ll come into a city, make a hundred dollars working for someone and move on.
February 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
“I don’t like the word bum,” Tim shared from the streets of Denver. “I don’t like the word transient either. I prefer the term hobo, or tramp. A hobo will work. A tramp will work. I’ll come into a city, make a hundred dollars working for someone and move on.
After years of hard work and building a following of 20K followers @facebook @instagram @Meta’s technology shut the Street Grunt Photography page down for “selling drugs” and “promoting drug use.”
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February 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM
After years of hard work and building a following of 20K followers @facebook @instagram @Meta’s technology shut the Street Grunt Photography page down for “selling drugs” and “promoting drug use.”
RIDICULOUS!
RIDICULOUS!
LOOK AT THIS F**K*D UP HAIRCUT JP GAVE ME!” Brandon exclaimed from the streets of Rapid City, South Dakota.
JP was quick to defend it. “It’s not all bad. Some of it is okay.”
I added, “Damn bro, that neckline is high.”
JP and I laughed so hard, I hunched over and couldn’t stand upright for a minute
JP was quick to defend it. “It’s not all bad. Some of it is okay.”
I added, “Damn bro, that neckline is high.”
JP and I laughed so hard, I hunched over and couldn’t stand upright for a minute
January 31, 2026 at 6:48 AM
LOOK AT THIS F**K*D UP HAIRCUT JP GAVE ME!” Brandon exclaimed from the streets of Rapid City, South Dakota.
JP was quick to defend it. “It’s not all bad. Some of it is okay.”
I added, “Damn bro, that neckline is high.”
JP and I laughed so hard, I hunched over and couldn’t stand upright for a minute
JP was quick to defend it. “It’s not all bad. Some of it is okay.”
I added, “Damn bro, that neckline is high.”
JP and I laughed so hard, I hunched over and couldn’t stand upright for a minute