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handmade34

(22,757 posts)
Sat Jun 22, 2013, 08:13 PM Jun 2013

"...salvation photographing ghetto life"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22900002


"...Confessing only that he acquired his first camera as a result of some "criminal activity", Lamb says the shooting deaths of his brother and cousin led him to a personal epiphany that changed his perspective and likely kept him both alive, and out of prison. "Out of the blue I grew a conscience," he says."
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"...salvation photographing ghetto life" (Original Post) handmade34 Jun 2013 OP
He found a niche and filled it. Smart move on many levels. alfredo Jun 2013 #1
That's how we roll! justiceischeap Jun 2013 #2

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
2. That's how we roll!
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 03:16 PM
Jun 2013

I'm glad he found something that gives him a purpose and some happiness. And I'm glad the community supports him. One of the things that we really seem to be losing touch with in America, and maybe globally, is community.

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