Media Lens: Black and White

From the Editor's desk - JAN.26.2014

| Little Seoul, Los Santos | An armored gunman fires downrange on Lindsay Circus. photo by cy_sperling

| Strawberry, Los Santos | An armed assailant fires a submachine gun at advancing LSPD officers. photo by cy_sperling

| West Vinewood, Los Santos | A pair of combatants consolidate vehicles after one was rendered non-drivable along West Eclipse Blvd in West Vinewood. photo by cy_sperling

| Burtin, Los Santos | A combatant felled by gunfire on Harwick Ave in Burton. photo by cy_sperling

| Vinewood, Los Santos | An armed man wearing a monkey mask advancing east on Spanish Ave. photo by cy_sperling

| Burton, Los Santos | A member of a local militia seated in his dune buggy. photo by cy_sperling

| Hawick, Los Santos | A police helicopter searches for a suspect near Spanish Ave and Alta St. photo by cy_sperling

Dispatches from the streets JAN.26.2014

| Vinewood, Los Santos | A police helicopter searches for a suspect while hovering over the intersection of Meteor St and Strawberry Ave in Vinewood. photo by TheGreatZiegfeld

Fresh from the Snapmatic feed, here are images captured by the Media Lens photographers. Police stand-offs, tank rampages, and exploding vehicles were a common sight by the populace of Los Santos and the surrounding communities. Our photographers are out in the field, risking life and limb, to photograph the truth.

| Vinewood, Los Santos | A Member of the Los Santos Police SWAT team takes aim at a rogue tank in an alleyway off of Powers St, just south of Clinton Ave in Vinewood. photo by R_Sparks73

| Mirror Park, Los Santos | A police vehicle detonates with a deafening fireball during an altercation in a residential area adjacent to Mirror Park. photo by Phoenix8994

| Vinewood, Los Santos | A helmeted suspect moments before being spotted by advancing members of the LSPD. The suspect was hiding in the lobby of a building on the northeast corner of Vinewood Blvd and Alta St. photo by R_Sparx73

| Grand Senora Desert | A police helicopter explodes over the Boilingbroke Penitentiary. photo by Phoenix8994

| Rancho, Los Santos | A lone police officer advances down Innocence Blvd. photo by jackson_smart

Weekly Shooting Challenge - Women in Combat

photo by SOM1aPERSON

The violence that has erupted across the state has brought with it a vast array of combatants. This is not a war between street gangs, or organized crime families. This conflict rages between all manners of faction, militias, gangs, and lone wolf warriors. One fairly common sight in the streets is that of female combatants. While some might look twice at the sight of woman in a business suit firing automatic weapons at passing cars, they are just as dangerous and unpredictable as their male counterparts. The warfare in Los Santos and the surrounding communities has proven a few old adages to be true, time and time again. "Looks can be deceiving" and "trust no one."

photo by gamefish


photo by gamefish


photo by wheelfoot

photo by killerdead77

photo by Xynthantion

photo by Glacroix

photo by sterdecan

photo by cy_sperling

photo by mervschmaed

As our photographers have shown, the women fighting throughout the state, regardless of faction, are heavily armed and merciless. As the fighting continues, we will continue to bring you first hand, close up accounts of life and death in San Andreas.

photo by Xynthantion

Media Lens launches blog

| Los Santos, San Andreas |

An epidemic of violence throughout the state began in October of 2013. Rival gang factions, mercenaries, thugs, and psychopaths seemed to be everywhere. Despite an intense and even militant response from the authorities, the violence seems to keep increasing. In late December, an enormous amount of counterfeit currency flooded the black market. The criminal element greatly escalated the violence as a result. When every player in the conflict can fund a small army, sights such as rogue tanks rolling down Morningwood Blvd are not at all surprising.

Into this cauldron of chaos and violence have come the loose collective of combat photographers identified as 'Media Lens.' Throughout the state, these photographers risk life and limb to bring the truth about what is happening in San Andreas to the world. What follows is a selection of images from the initial days of their coverage.