
A stunning series of photographs have captured the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles.

Photographer Suzanne Stein documented what life is like for the residents of Skid Row - a large area in downtown Los Angeles where as many as 6,000 homeless people live at any given time.

The images go inside the lives of the notorious area's residents, including Doreen - a former firefighter who 'wound up on Skid Row' after becoming addicted to crack, Stein says.

Another picture was of Jerry, a man who has been living on the streets in the area for years. The striking shot of Jerry showed his 'devastating facial injury', which he suffered when he was shot in the face while waiting for a bus more than ten years ago.

In this particular picture, he was sat on the ground leaning against a wall, while a young boy sporting a Spiderman hoodie stood next to him.

Other pictures showed people being arrested by police, an armed man with a knife staring angrily at his own refection is a shop window, a heroin addicted woman who 'uses her body to support her and her boyfriend', and a man sat with his pet dog - which he rescued from its previous owner when he saw it being violently beaten.

According to the Union Rescue Mission, Skid Row is considered to be the areas between 3rd and 7th Streets, to the north and south, and Alameda and Main, to the east and west, respectively in downtown Los Angeles.

Photographer Suzanne Stein documented what life is like for the residents of Skid Row - a large area in downtown Los Angeles where as many as 6,000 homeless people live at any given time

Doreen - a former firefighter who 'wound up on Skid Row' after becoming addicted to crack - is pictured laying on the ground smoking

Suzanne Stein said Genevine (pictured) is a heroin addicted woman who 'uses her body to support her and her boyfriend'

A man is arrested on the corner of 7th and Spring Streets by bicycle patrol police for creating a serious disturbance on the bus that stops at this corner

A resident is seen in 'the heart of Skid Row' - on 6th Street next to Gladys Park. The woman hold a cup of ice and has a bandage around her head

Skid Row resident Victoria is pictured smoking a small, wrapped crack pipe, disguised as a rolled cigarette

A man, who is described as a fixture in the neighborhood, is seen walking along a street in Skid Row on 7th Street in Los Angeles

This striking shot of Jerry showed his 'devastating facial injury', which he suffered when he was shot in the face while waiting for a bus more than ten years ago

Larry and his dog, Rebel, are seen on San Pedro Street. Larry rescued his beloved dog after seeing Rebel's former owner severely beating it

A shirtless man is seen standing in front of a shop window with a knife, angrily staring at his own reflection in the glass

A woman stands next to a man with an Oakland Raiders tattoo on his left bicep. Stein said the woman was 'unsteady and required assistance to make her way down the sidewalk'

A woman living on Skid Know, known as 'the girl in the red shoes', is pictured with a cigarette in her hand and a can of soda