As boys, they made a pact to share their fortunes, their loves, their lives. As men, they shared a dream to rise from poverty to power. Forging an empire built on greed, violence and betrayal, their dream would end as a mystery that refuse to die.

Mike I. tattooed by Leo Zulueta at Black Wave in Los Angeles

Lighitng up the occasion in strikingly symbolic fashion, rays of sunshine fall before the throne where Pope John XXIII is seated during a cannonization ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica. Rome, Italy. 1959

Men (people) are rarely aware of the real reasons which motivate their actions.

- Edward L. Bernays

Kikuji Kawada  from The Map

Nesting in the crown of Mary at St. Ottilien Archabbey, Oberbayern, Germany.

Isolated, he may be a cultivated individual; in a crowd, he is a barbarian—that is, a creature acting by instinct.

- Gustave Le Bon

Siberian ibex crest a ridge above the Baltoro Glacier, 1970s