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Men Smoking Photos

We sat there smoking cigarattes at 5 in the morning. Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned While not a smoker myself, I have always enjoyed the sight of men puffing on cigarettes. I think there’s some character and charm to smokers — tenacious. This makes them great subjects to photograph, in my opinion. Man […]

December 15, 2019

Two men smoking cigarettes after a long day of work. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

We sat there smoking cigarattes at 5 in the morning. Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned While not a smoker myself, I have always enjoyed the sight of men puffing on cigarettes. I think there’s some character and charm to smokers — tenacious. This makes them great subjects to photograph, in my opinion. Man […]

We sat there smoking cigarattes at 5 in the morning.

Charles Bukowski, The Pleasures of the Damned

While not a smoker myself, I have always enjoyed the sight of men puffing on cigarettes.

I think there’s some character and charm to smokers — tenacious. This makes them great subjects to photograph, in my opinion.

Man Smoking Photos

Here are a few from the stock.

Smoking urban man in Ghana by Muntaka Chasant
Smoking urban man. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
Smoking man portrait by Muntaka Chasant
Man smoking portrait. © 2020 Muntaka Chasant
African man working and smoking photo. Thousands of young people with no education flee rural hunger and poverty to cities in search of economic opportunities every year in Ghana. Many end up in urban slums, where they lack basic sanitation and other essential services such as safe water and healthcare. Over 40% of people between 15 – 35 in Ghana have no education, according to a Ghana Statistical Services report. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
African man working and smoking photo. Thousands of young people with no education flee rural hunger and poverty to cities in search of economic opportunities every year in Ghana. Many end up in urban slums, where they lack basic sanitation and other essential services such as safe water and healthcare. Over 40% of people between 15 – 35 in Ghana have no education, according to a Ghana Statistical Services report. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
Urban slum dweller smoking photo. Millions of young people in Africa flee rural poverty to urban slums, where they lack access to basic utilities and security. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
Urban slum dweller smoking photo. Millions of young people in Africa flee rural poverty to urban slums, where they lack access to basic utilities and security. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
Agbogbloshie urban miner smoking by Muntaka Chasant
Urban miner “burner boys” smoking a cigaratte at Agbogbloshie, Ghana, after burning electrical wires to cover the copper inside. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
Men smoking portrait by Muntaka Chasant
Two men smoking cigarettes after a long day of work. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
Man Smoking Cigarette Photo: Millions of young people in Africa flee rural poverty to cities every year in search of greener pastures. Many end up in urban slums, where living conditions are much tougher than where they came from. To make it worse, a lot of them have no education at all. For instance, over 40% of the youth between 15 – 35 in Ghana have no education. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant
Man Smoking Cigarette Photo: Millions of young people in Africa flee rural poverty to cities every year in search of greener pastures. Many end up in urban slums, where living conditions are much tougher than where they came from. To make it worse, a lot of them have no education at all. For instance, over 40% of the youth between 15 – 35 in Ghana have no education. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

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Man smoking photos: African Man smoking a cigarette. © 2019 Muntaka Chasant

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December 15, 2019

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