The extraordinary story of the richest and most violent gangster in history--from his youth, his bid for political power, his domination of the world's cocaine trade, his campaign against the Colombian state during which thousands died, his imprisonment in a luxurious private jail, his escape, through to his eventual capture and shooting--is told in hundreds of photographs gathered by photographer James Mollison in Colombia. Exhaustively researched, this visual biography includes photographs from Escobar family albums, pictures by Escobar's bodyguards, pictures from police files (both shot by the police and taken in raids on Escobar's premises) and snapshots by the Federal Drug Administration officer who helped hunt Escobar down. The book's illuminating text draws on new interviews with family members, other gangsters, Colombian police and judges and other survivors of Escobar's killing sprees, supplemented by contemporary photographs by Mollison of Escobar's fleet of planes, his private zoo, arms caches captured by the police--and even Escobar's prison jukebox. A compelling picture story and a landmark in visual journalism.
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Born in 1973 in Kenya, James Mollison studied Art and Design at Oxford Brookes University and Documentary Photography at Newport School of Art and Design in the UK. He now lives in Venice, Italy. Part of the radical and influential Italian art and design workshop 'Fabrica', his work has been widely seen in publications
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A masterpiece in pictures!!,
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This review is from: James Mollison: The Memory of Pablo Escobar (Hardcover)
I have read many pablo escobar books, and they carry little to no pictures at all. This book does an amazing job at detailing the life of this notorious ganster. We see him with his bodyguards, his family and by himself. This book is worth every penny, i would gladly pay more if it need be. The author does an amazing job at putting this book together, it's a true work of art. Oh, and the book isnt a mere 30 pages, oh no, it's at least two hundred pages or more. Fantastic...
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