476: What I Learned from Interviewing 9,000 Drug Addicts, Sex Workers, and Gang Members | Mark Laita
The Genius Life31 Mar 2025

476: What I Learned from Interviewing 9,000 Drug Addicts, Sex Workers, and Gang Members | Mark Laita

Mark Laita is a photographer and filmmaker best known as the creator of Soft White Underbelly, a viral documentary series that shares unfiltered interviews with society’s most marginalized individuals.


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