Reminds me of the story of Andre Camara, who photographed a favela drug war in the mid 80s.
Take away: criminals are vain too.
jama211•15m ago
Yup, they want to be documented. Tale as old as time.
articulatepang•12m ago
For those who don’t know: the film City of God is based on this, and it’s a great movie. One of my all-time favorites. The directing, acting photography and storytelling are all very well done. Worth anyone’s time.
barrenko•6m ago
I have to rewatch what, been a decade.
reddalo•29m ago
Off topic, but I'm always amazed by Archive.md/.is/whatever. To this day I don't understand how they manage to bypass a lot of paywalls.
The mystery about the owner makes it even more intriguing.
jama211•14m ago
I just assumed they copied it into their own db
null_deref•11m ago
It angers me that Fascist Italy could push the Mafia to the brink of extinction but Democratic Italy can’t.
locallost•7m ago
One Mafia pushed the other out. No improvement for normal people.
MrBuddyCasino•4m ago
They can, they just don’t do it. This is the case in every western „liberal democracy“.
weinzierl•42m ago
Take away: criminals are vain too.
jama211•15m ago
articulatepang•12m ago
barrenko•6m ago