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L A Gangsters

Xah Lee, 2003-09-07

From time.com, 2001, a special report on Los Angeles gangs: http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/gangs/. Photo by Terry McCarthy. As i have read, the photographer actually lived with the gang, gained their trust as a non-participating member, in order to shoot around them.

This makes a good ad for Nike.

The pleasures of being alive, gangster or not.

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