[Portfolio] More Old Stuff - Street

[Jacques Pochoy]

Movies = 120 minutes of hyperbole.

I do remember shooting a gang story. The LAPD had a new tactic for gang intervention. The police thought it would be better for gangs to confront each other in a sporting contest than on the streets in a firefight. The police arranged a football game between two rival gangs. (As American football is extremely violent, I didn't think choosing this sport was a wise choice.) As I waited at the school where the match was to be held, parked on the basketball court adjacent to the football field, I see two separate caravans of highly polished older cars, circling the school. After the caravans had circumnavigated the school, they all drove onto the basketball courts and the rival gangs piled out for the game. I met my gang contact and introduced myself. It was a hot summer day but he was wearing a knit cap on top of his bald head. I didn't think much of the bald head and knit cap as Jose was a gang member and both were de rigueur for gangs. But his responses were slow, slurred and distant. Soon another gang member started speaking with me. He was surprisingly articulate and everything started going as planned. Later, the articulate gang member explained to me that Jose, in the knit cap, wasn't doing so well today. Last night a knife was thrust two inches into his head. Jose couldn't get medical treatment because the hospital was located in another gang's territory. Consequently, all they could do was remove the blade and slap a bandage on top.   

Wow, I'm speechless !

[Erik Lund]

Your off to a flying start here Gary!

[Gary]

Your off to a flying start here Gary!

Thank you Erik. With the amount of individual and collective talent on this site ... I am reluctant to post. But my stuff seems to be appreciated.   

[Gary]

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More Street Gang
Nikon F w/ Nikkor 28mm, Tri-X

[elsa hoffmann]

 

[Andrea B.]

Very happy to see More Old Stuff - Street continuing the saga  !!

[Jacques Pochoy]

(...) I am reluctant to post. But my stuff seems to be appreciated.   

And I thought that the understatement was a very British thing, not Californian ! :-)

[Gary]

And I thought that the understatement was a very British thing, not Californian ! :-)

Californians brag about our weather, our beaches, our mountains, our cities, our farms, our snow, our deserts, our universities, our agriculture, et cetera ... but never about our photography.   

[Gary]

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Ready for Anything
Nikon F w/ Nikkor 20mm, Tri-X

[Jacques Pochoy]

You had to squat for this one... :-) Impressive, as I remember the time when most kids from anywhere in the world would have toy guns ! Now it's really frown upon, and you can't even find them in shops...

[Jakov Minić]

Although your images are phenomenal Gary, I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed that the box doesn't contain Patrice 

Now tell us the full story with the boy and the rifle

[Frank Fremerey]

The boy with the rifle: Expressionwise he seems to be much older than he really was at that time.

[elsa hoffmann]

Ah - toy guns.... us girls loved them too!

[Gary]

You had to squat for this one... :-) Impressive, as I remember the time when most kids from anywhere in the world would have toy guns ! Now it's really frown upon, and you can't even find them in shops...

And we all had Daisy BB guns so we can shoot out an eye from our sibling.

[Gary]

Although your images are phenomenal Gary, I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed that the box doesn't contain Patrice 

Now tell us the full story with the boy and the rifle

LOL ... she's still in pretty good shape, in her spare time she teaches aerobics and yoga.

No real story on the kid with the M-16. It was lunchtime, I was bored at work, so I took a walk down Broadway and this kid with his hand in his pocket and a toy rifle strapped around his neck was walking in the opposing direction. I took his picture and keep on walking. That's it.