Posted on 06/11/2015 7:33:36 PM PDT by naturalman1975
It is New Zealand's most notorious gang whose members operate in a criminal world of violence that is usually shut off to the outside world.
But one photographer managed to gain their trust - and in turn rare access - resulting in haunting images of some of the key members of the Mighty Mongrel Mob.
Wellington-born Jono Rotman has spent nearly eight years, from 2007, embedded with the Mob, gaining a unique glimpse of their culture, customs and even a bloody clash with rival group the Black Power.
Like most gangs, the Mob, who formed in Wellington and Hawkes Bay in the 1960s, have a stringent code against outsiders, preferring to operate in the shadows. And it's this that makes the chilling images that much more spectacular.
Rotman, who captured images of the gang's key members including convicted killer Shane Harrison, Bung Eye, Greco and Toots, told Daily Mail Australia he began earning their trust while photographing New Zealand's prisons.
‘I spoke with a gang liaison officer who gave me a contact of someone who bridged the divide between gang and civilian life. Things evolved from there,’ he said.
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Interesting. Thanks for posting.
My son just told me that one of them looks like the Assassin from the Assassin’s Creed game gone insane.
(Some computer game he plays)
I guess its naive to not expect there to be this sort of culture everywhere in the world. Its just that we never ever read about stuff like this from NZ.
see post 45
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