This image, taken at a spot where three alleys intersect in Compton, was shot in March of this year. It was the first of two images I would shoot following a frenzied encounter with an angry street gang. I was setting up this shot when I decided I needed more lighting equipment and went back to my van, down the alley to the right. I pick up a light and start heading back when I see my two friends, 40 yards away and running frantically towards me with all my gear. They are yelling for me to open the van doors - behind them, chasing them, are a dozen hooded gangsters.

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Alley no. 111 - High Wire (2008, Compton, CA, 11am)