A photo story depicting the life of football hooligan subculture.
The gang
Series, 3rd place
Fans of Ural football team during a Ural-Lokomotiv football match are supporting their team with songs and the characteristic trappings of fans.
A clash between opposing gangs of football hooligans. It takes place in the city suburbs at a site chosen to avoid attracting the attention of the police.
Футбольные фанаты на концерте популярной в их среде группы «Яйца Фаберже».
Football hooligans during a concert by Yaitsy Faberge , a group popular among them.
Член группировки фанатов ФК «Урал» «Стальные монстры» демонстрирует у себя дома в Екатеринбурге флаг с названием и гербом клуба. Он берет этот флаг с собой на каждый матч.
A member of the Steel Monster gang, which supports Ural football team, standing in his home in Yekaterinburg, displays a banner with the name and colors of his club. He always takes the banner with him to football matches.
Football hooligans during a concert by Yaitsy Faberge , a group popular among them.
Член группировки фанатов ФК «Урал» «Стальные монстры» демонстрирует у себя дома в Екатеринбурге флаг с названием и гербом клуба. Он берет этот флаг с собой на каждый матч.
A member of the Steel Monster gang, which supports Ural football team, standing in his home in Yekaterinburg, displays a banner with the name and colors of his club. He always takes the banner with him to football matches.
A member of the Steel Monster gang, which supports Ural football team, standing in his home in Yekaterinburg, displays a banner with the name and colors of his club. He always takes the banner with him to football matches.
A fight in the center of the city.
A portrait of a football hooligan at home displaying his tattoos. He asked for his name and the identity of his football club to be kept secret.
Fans of Ural football team during the Ural-Lokomotiv football match are supporting their team with songs and the characteristic fan trappings.
Football fans watching a match while they have a drink in a bar.
TGraffiti drawings, featuring the names of favorite clubs, have become a part of the football hooligan subculture. Fans consider it as one of their tasks, while the authorities, as vandalism. In the picture you can see members of the Steel Monster gang who support Ural football club. They are burning off the remains of the gas.
A football hooligan is injured in a fight before the game begins.
A clash between opposing gangs of football hooligans. It takes place in the city suburbs at a site chosen to avoid attracting the attention of the police.
A football hooligan is detained by police. Clashes broke out between gangs of football hooligans during a match. Riot police were deployed to calm them down.