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The Gangs of Los Angeles (35 pics)

Posted in Arts » Photography 2 Nov 2011 / 5580 views

A collection of great photos taken by Robert Yager. These images depict the life of gang members in Los Angeles since 1992.

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Two LA Gangs, Two Mortal Enemies (26 pics)

Posted in Pictures 5 Apr 2010 / 9347 views

These photos were taken by Mark Johnson and show members of the Mexican gang named the Southsiders hanging out near the LA River in Los Angeles, California. The Southsider gang has the geographic area from the Mexican border to Bakersfield. California’s Mexican gangs are separated into the Southsiders and the Nortenos.

The two gangs are mortal enemies.

Two LA Gangs, Two Mortal Enemies (26 pics)

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Slum war in Rio de Janeiro (35 pics)

Posted in Pictures 21 Oct 2009 / 8597 views

Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful city which must be very interesting to visit but nothing is perfect and behind the beautiful beaches, there are a lot of things that happen in the slums…

The battle which began on Saturday between hundreds of drug traffickers from different rival gangs put the chaos in Rio and turned the city into a warzone. They shot down a police helicopter. 17 people died that weekend.
Talk about a good advertisement two weeks only after Rio was awarded the 2016 Olympics…
It raised questions over the city's ability to safely host the Games in 2016.

Slum war in Rio de Janeiro (35 pics)

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Beautiful black and white photographs of youth involved in gangs by Donna De Cesare (27 pics)

Posted in Pictures 7 Aug 2009 / 7377 views

Donna de Cesare is a famous photographer from New York. Her works appeared in big publications like The New York Times magazine, Life, DoubleTake, Aperture, Mother Jones and some exhibitions all around the world. Her reportage about the spread of US gang culture to Central America has won national and international awards. Recognized as an expert on issues of youth identity and gang violence, De Cesare has worked as a consultant to UNICEF. Well, her resume is quite big so I will stop here.
The strength of her works is that she tells the story of youth involved in gangs without stereotyping them and her photos speak by themselves.
You will see interesting photos she took for her projects inside the post.

Beautiful black and white photographs of youth involved in gangs by Donna De Cesare (27 pics)

Beautiful black and white photographs of youth involved in gangs by Donna De Cesare (27 pics)

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Business cards of Chicago gangs in 70-80’s (32 pics)

Posted in Pictures 5 Jun 2009 / 23405 views

Each gang had its own history and so on.
Just look at their cards. Some are done with humor, others with a bandit "romanticism" touch - in short, the way it should be.
And on some cards it is even marked their musical preferences, as you can see below.

Business cards of Chicago gangs in 70-80’s (32 pics)