CPOY 75 Portfolio Silver, Runner- Up College Photographer of the Year: Michael Blackshire
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Slide 23 of 30
July 31, 2020
Larry, 57, has lived in Clarksdale, Mississippi his entire life. The town he grew up in was flustered with gang activity in the 1980s with the Gangster Disciples and Vice Lords gangs playing a role in everyday life in Clarksdale. “I changed my life around. Since I got out I’ve left the streets alone. The brickyard and four corners couldn’t get along back in the day. Now we worried about the police fucking with us,” Larry said. He now lives with his friend Tameka, who goes by the nickname Tameka Alcohol.