How Other Side is sharing the stories of those fighting addiction in Miami

In Miami, a pair of local creatives are using storytelling to put a human face on addiction and homelessness. Eric Bridges and Amanda Gomez work regular jobs, then spend their nights in less glamorous parts of the city, documenting the lives of people struggling with addiction while sharing portraits through their otherside305 Instagram project. Bridges began otherside305 in 2020 after filming a day in the life of a woman in recovery, and later launched The Bridge Foundation, a nonprofit meant to provide financial support. Gomez focuses on photography, aiming to show “beauty in everyone.” They say they don’t profit from the account. Their latest efforts keep attention on long-term struggle in places like Overtown.