While in Quetta, Pakistan in 1974 he shot numerous images of opium dens «that ultimately became some of the most visually exquisite and most carefully crafted photographs in his entire oeuvre.» (christies.com)
The old gold - mining town, once bustling with saloons, brothels, gambling halls, and even opium dens, is now a ghost town, probably the most famous one in America. (discovermagazine.com)
Noodles (Robert De Niro) in a Chinatown opium den in New York's Lower East Side, circa 1933 in «Once Upon a Time in America,» directed by Sergio Leone. (southflorida.com)