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A few photo essays on the psychotic if not photogenic MS13 or Mara Salvatrucha.

Moises Saman

Go to the La vidas por las Mara photo essay.

Luis Sinco

Isabel Munoz

go to La obra, mara page.

The work of award winning magnum photographer peter van agtmael and an interview here.

To survive the creative, economic and emotional chaos of a life in photography your career must be designed for longevity. To achieve longevity, you must reconcile the conflict between what you shoot for money and what you love to shoot. Ideally, you get paid to shoot exactly what you love to shoot, every day. Reaching this nirvana requires making tough choices, a careful business strategy and attention to basic business practices. (Or be super talented/lucky, born wealthy or marry a brilliant business manager.

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