Born in 1944 in Wilmington, North Carolina, Howard Gribble grew up in Southern California in the 1950s and 1960s, where he immersed himself in gang and lowrider culture associated particularly with youth from the barrios of the Mexican / American community. In the early 1970s he photographed Latino gang graffiti, throughout a wide geographic area in order to encompass a larger variety of styles and variations. In 2007, Gribble showed the photos for the first time on the photo sharing site Flickr. The collection proved to be unique, and the interest was enormous.
