Gangs
Inside the best dressed gang of 1980s New York
Lo-Life: An American Classic — The streets of 1980s New York City were rough, and the fashion obsessed Lo-Life crew were at its heart, desperate to look good by any means necessary.
Written by: Sophie Church
The photographer removing gang members' tattoos to help us see past the ink
Skin Deep — Tattoos are an integral part of American gang culture, and for those wishing to make fresh starts these permanent marks are hard to escape. By capturing ex-gang members and photoshopping out their tats, photographer Steven Burton's latest project, 'Skin Deep', helps us see past the ink.
Written by: Khadija Ahmed
Óscar Martinez: the journalist investigating the world’s most ferocious gang war
A History of Violence — Journalist Óscar Martinez is creating political earthquakes with his up close and personal investigations into the street gangs of El Salvador - the most violent country in the world outside an official war zone.
Written by: Alex King
The greatest struggles and subcultures of the 1960s
Breaking with the old way — Danny Lyon pioneered a new form of photojournalism in the 1960s, getting deep with his subjects and seeing the world through their eyes: in prisons, biker gangs and in the Civil Rights Movement.
Written by: Alex King
The lost street gangs of NYC’s Lower East Side
Unseen America — The uniformed street gangs who inspired cult classic The Warriors were violent pillars of community identity, before being swept away by gentrification and the commercialisation of the drug trade.
Written by: Alex King
New documentary Rubble Kings shows how hip hop grew out of New York gang culture
The Warriors in real life — Bombed-out buildings, empty blocks, rampant fighting – NYC was rough.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
Street photographer Boogie explores the favelas of Rio
Life on the hills — Boogie reveals the hidden world of poverty and violence that exists in the shadows of cities around the world, from New York to Kingston, Jamaica. But what did he find on the streets of Rio?
Written by: Alex King
Meet the leader of the Lower East Side’s last street gang
Colours, crime and second chances — Cochise led the Satan's Sinners Nomads street gang on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1980s. After being sent to prison for the attempted murder of two gang members, he turned his life around and now makes art.
Written by: Alex King