Last updated:Â 19 october, 2009 - 12:13 GMT
Life - and Death - Through a Lens
Christian Poveda and gang members he got to know in El Salvador
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"If you look long enough down the throat of a lion he will eat you."
Those were words of a photojournalist on the death of his colleague, photojournalist and documentary maker Christian Poveda.
Poveda was shot dead after making a documentary about violent young “mara" gang members in El Salvador.
And the person who shot him is believed to be one of his subjects - a Salvadorean gang member.
Poveda specialised in difficult and dangerous assignments others would not touch. Sadly he paid with his life.
The 91Èȱ¬'s Nick Fraser has worked before with Christian Poveda. He spoke to Outlook’s Valerie Sanderson and described the life and work of his friend.
Two of the gang members Poveda got to know in El Salvador
Poveda’s film on teenage gangs in the country - La Vida Loca - is being released in cinemas in France.
You can see a gallery of on his website.
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