Coming of Age in Dublin's Underworld: Photos of Joy Riding by Ross McDonnell – NYTimes.com

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Coming of Age in Dublin’s Underworld

Ross McDonnell documented Dublin youths coming of age in a world of drugs, gangs and arson, Dawn Lim reports.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/coming-of-age-in-dublins-underworld/

Joy riding — stealing and destroying cars — is a rite of passage in the lawless but ritualistic world of disaffected youth in Ballymun, a community on the north side of Dublin. In “Joyrider,” through a series of cinematic black-and-white shots awash in light and movement, the photographer Ross McDonnell documented youths coming of age in a world of drugs, gangs and arson.