Wayne F. Miller

Early in his career, Miller chronicled a year in the life of a East Los Angeles street gang known as "Arizona Maravilla". He hung out with the gang, earner their trust and was allowed to photograph them on their own turf. This was a gang culture born on tradition and dedication, a far cry from today's Crips and Bloods. Nonetheless, violence was endemic and after the shooting death of young gang member with whom he was very close, Miller called it quits and never returning. Source: Wynn Miller