Smoke
Editor's Note: Diego focused on the subject of gangs. He dropped out of school in the 9th grade. When he dropped out, he was gang-affiliated. He eventually decided to go back to school because of his mom and is currently a student at YouthBuild Public Charter School. He says, I focused on this because it’s what I see, what I’m around, what I know. This photo was taken in the parking lot of the Upper Marlboro Correctional Facility. The person in the photo is smoking a Black & Mild (cigar), and wearing a bandana and beads for Piru, a gang affiliated with the Bloods. The photographer and the subject went to the facility with people who were visiting inmates.