Monday, November 29, 2010

Pria Gila

Mad Men is an interesting project by photographer Bruce Gilden. In a 'godforsaken place' in Russia, small-time gangsters are trapped in a cycle of vodka, violence and crime.

Vasiliy, 50, has spent 22 years behind bars. He killed his stepfather and also three men who had raped his wife.

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Sergey, or Wild Boar, 33, at a picnic. ‘I used to be 100% gangster,’ he told photographer Bruce Gilden. ‘Now less than 100.’

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At the same picnic.

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Alexey, 38 – 'I gave up all crime… I go to church every Sunday. I sing in the chorus.'

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Alexey, 29, has given up the criminal life. ‘Now I’m honest,’ he says.

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Sergey in a sauna with Anatoliy and his wife.

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Sergey fighting with Dmitriy, 28, a ­police colonel.

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A tattoo on Alexey's foot.

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Sergey with his wife, Julia, a nurse. He has spent 14 years in prison and doesn’t want to go back, so is giving up the gangster life.

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Sergey throws a drunk to the ground.

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