Patrick Tombola – Not Free to Be Young | LensCulture

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Not Free to Be Young – Photographs and text by Patrick Tombola | LensCulture

In El Salvador, the time of youth—between the ages of 12 and 25—is also one of the most dangerous

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It depicts the Salvadorian youth as they try to carve out spaces of normalcy for themselves amidst a rising tide of gang-related violence. But the pictures also depict the young gangsters themselves, who are trapped in a life that will either lead to being jailed—or killed.