View the above video and hear about Kitintale, a project by photographer Yann Gross. Kitintale, located in the Kampala area of Uganda is the first East African skatepark constructed by local youngsters and home to a subculture that Gross has been documenting for some years now. Gross has been leading efforts to build a new half-pipe and community center. To support this project, visit Yann’s page on Emphas.is, a site dedicated to crowdfunding visual journalism.

Click here to learn more and get involved with Yann Gross’ Kitintale project! You can also read more on TIME Lightbox.

A limited-edition from this series is available exclusively through Aperture  Christine Sawunda, from Kitintale 2008.

Yann Gross’ Lavina series was featured in Aperture Magazine issue 202.

Issue 202 features:

Vince Aletti on Collier Schorr’s Evocative Collages (cover image)

Geraldo De Barros‘ Abstract Fotoformas

Greil Marcus on Surveillance Cinema

Luisa Lambri’s Architectural Interiors

Mary Panzer Considers Photographic Archives

Yann Gross’s Dynamite-Triggered Avalanches

Sara VanDerBeek’s Resonant Compositions

Ulrich Baer Re-Examines Seminal Civil-Rights Images….and much more

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