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Gang membership is a grey concept in Cerrito Lindo - it is just a part of life in the hood. It is the place you were born, where you are from. It is what they live, and outside of these blood-drawn borders, death waits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the portrayed in this book have lost their lives, some ended up in jail, some found god, and others left to look for something else.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe photographer Federico Vespignani (1988) is an Italian photographer and cinematographer. 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