Sin Salida Design The labor lasted four long

The labor lasted four long days and in that time I was drawn to the obscurities in the room

Relief and silkscreen print on Chinese paper

are obsolete and useless

but the country’s murder rate has consistently been among the world’s highest

Illustrations are by Giulia Marzin

Sin Salida Design The labor lasted four longSin Salida (No Way Out) by photographer Tariq Zaidi documents the impacts of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang (MS 13) and its rival Barrio 18 gang members on El Salvador. By depicting the gang members, police, prisons, murder sites, funerals, and the governments war against the gangs, Zaidi illustrates the control the gangs have over the wider Salvadoran society, the violence through which they operate and the grief and loss resulting from the