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Documenting Philadelphia's gun violence —
In March, photojournalist Joe "Kaz" Kaczmarek, left, co-founded GunCrisis.org, an open-source interactive journalism project aimed at fighting Philadelphia's growing plague of gun violence. The idea is to shake things up -- and interrupt the violence -- by chronicling the daily gunfire. Kaz spends many nights photographing crime scenes.
Joe "Kaz" Kaczmarek —
In March, photojournalist Joe "Kaz" Kaczmarek, left, co-founded GunCrisis.org, an open-source interactive journalism project aimed at fighting Philadelphia's growing plague of gun violence. The idea is to shake things up -- and interrupt the violence -- by chronicling the daily gunfire. Kaz spends many nights photographing crime scenes.
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Jim MacMillan co-founded GunCrisis.org with Kaz to help curb gun violence plaguing what is supposed to be the City of Brotherly Love.
Jim MacMillan —
Jim MacMillan co-founded GunCrisis.org with Kaz to help curb gun violence plaguing what is supposed to be the City of Brotherly Love.
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A police officer stands near a body after an argument erupted in a fatal stabbing last April in South Philadelphia.
Fatal stabbing —
A police officer stands near a body after an argument erupted in a fatal stabbing last April in South Philadelphia.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
Late on a Sunday night in March, stunned onlookers watch Philadelphia police investigate the city's 60th homicide of 2012, a double shooting inside a car.
Gathering crowd —
Late on a Sunday night in March, stunned onlookers watch Philadelphia police investigate the city's 60th homicide of 2012, a double shooting inside a car.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
Paramedics treat and transport an 18-year-old man who accidentally shot himself in the head in June.
Ambulance —
Paramedics treat and transport an 18-year-old man who accidentally shot himself in the head in June.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
A funeral service was held in March for Dexter Bowie and Jonathan Stokely, who were gunned down with AK-47 rifles in North Philadelphia.
Funeral —
A funeral service was held in March for Dexter Bowie and Jonathan Stokely, who were gunned down with AK-47 rifles in North Philadelphia.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
Kaczmarek aims to capture the neighborhood tension surrounding Philadelphia crime scenes, where residents cope with frequent danger from deadly gun violence.
Neighborhood tension —
Kaczmarek aims to capture the neighborhood tension surrounding Philadelphia crime scenes, where residents cope with frequent danger from deadly gun violence.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
A couple consoles each other in May at the scene of a double murder.
Comforting each other —
A couple consoles each other in May at the scene of a double murder.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
Donte Jones, 5, shares a message written on a handmade sign.
The message —
Donte Jones, 5, shares a message written on a handmade sign.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
A member of a police crime scene unit gathers evidence from a homicide in May in North Philadelphia.
Crime scene unit —
A member of a police crime scene unit gathers evidence from a homicide in May in North Philadelphia.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org
Police examine a crime scene after a toddler was shot at a Father's Day block party.
Father's Day —
Police examine a crime scene after a toddler was shot at a Father's Day block party.
Courtesy Joe Kaczmarek, GunCrisis.org