Merrick Morton, West Coast Portraits from the Hood, 1980-1996

Beginning in 1980, Merrick Morton set about going to East and South Central Los Angeles—traveling as far as San Diego—to document street gang culture. 

 

As an outsider from the San Fernando Valley, Morton was always interested in cultures that were different from his own. The folks in these neighborhoods immediately took to Rick and his quizzical eye, allowing him to move among them freely and affording him unrestricted access to their lives.

DISCOVER MORE STORIES

  1. Jacques Olivar, Supermodels

    Jacques Olivar's 90s supermodels Amber Valletta, Christy Turlington, Eva Herzigova, Yasmeen Ghauri and more.
  2. Thibaut Grevet, MotoGP

    Thibaut Grevet shoots mesmerising Le Mans MotoGP story for Sixteen Volume 11.
  3. Erinn Springer, Small Town Fantasy

    Photography by Erinn Springer
    Styling by Marissa Baklayan