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Lost Musician In Juarez

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: July 27-August 3, 2007 Musico per­dido en las ruinas de Juarez / July 2007 El Cen­tro, the down­town of Juarez, is going down. La Mariscal, the zone of shops and bars and (say this qui­etly) broth­els north of El Cen­tro, the com­mer­cial zone north of El Cen­tro stretch­ing to the bor­der with the U.S., […]

Dignified Man #12

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: July 20–27, 2007 Dig­ni­fied Man #12 Cool Norteno, Plaza de Juarez — Juarez, Mex­ico / June 2007 The Plaza de Juarez in Juarez, Mex­ico is an ancient cross­roads. The plaza stands in front of the Mision de Guadalupe, a church estab­lished in 1659 along the El Camino Real. The plaza today is […]

PHOTO TIPS July20, 2007 “Can­did,” pho­tog­ra­phy brings up some deci­sions, eth­i­cally and tech­ni­cally. How can­did do you want it? I try to be a “fly on the wall,” and not have eye con­tact at the moment of the photo cap­ture, but, I also try to not sneak around and make sure every­one knows that I’m […]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: July 13–20, 2007 Rem­nant #19, Tom Wicker’s Tire-El Paso, Texas / July 2007 This giant tire is in front of Wicker Tire Com­pany at 701 San Anto­nio St. in El Paso, Texas. It has been there since the late 1960’s and has become an El Paso land­mark. The tire was orig­i­nally on […]

Snatched In El Paso

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: July 6–13, 2007 Snatched Mex­i­can day laborer sits in the back of a Bor­der Patrol van, El Paso 1999 Most “ille­gal immi­grants,” incar­cer­ated in El Paso are labor­ers who’s immi­gra­tion activ­ity is, merely, a two way com­mute, find­ing them return­ing to Juarez, Mex­ico, at the end of a work day. Being incar­cer­ated by […]