Border Blog

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: March 29-April 4, 2008 White Sands National Mon­u­ment, NM — March 20, 2008 Spring has sprung in the desert. If only for a moment…time to play.

March 28th, 2008
Categories: border photography, el paso, el paso juarez border, Photo of the Week . Author: bruce101 . Comments: No Comments

The main­stream of pho­tog­ra­phy, from its incep­tion, has been Doc­u­men­tary Pho­tog­ra­phy, the straight­for­ward act of visual descrip­tion for dis­tri­b­u­tion to an inter­ested audi­ence. Some would argue that its util­ity as a means of infor­ma­tion has passed and that other media –video for exam­ple– serve that func­tion in more effec­tive ways. Hog wash. Still pho­tog­ra­phy is the […]

March 25th, 2008
Categories: Discussion of Documentary Photography, Photo of the Week, Photography Tip . Author: bruce101 . Comments: No Comments

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: March 21–28, 2008 Nasty bunny, Easter/Pasqua in Juarez, 2007 — Juarez, Mexico

March 21st, 2008
Categories: border photography, chihuahua, el paso juarez border, illegal immigration, Immigration, Juarez, Mexico, Photo of the Week . Author: bruce101 . Comments: No Comments

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: March 14–21, 2008 Boy in La Plaza de los Lagar­tos, El Paso-1976 La Plaza/A Mem­oir I went to the plaza today. It was deserted.

March 14th, 2008
Categories: border photography, chihuahua, el paso, el paso juarez border, illegal immigration, Immigration, Juarez, Mexico . Author: bruce101 . Comments: No Comments

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: March 7–14, 2008 Woman in Juarez Maquila plant / Juarez, Chi­huahua Banks lend money to Amer­i­cans to buy homes they can’t afford. The home­own­ers live in a dream bub­ble, the Amer­i­can Dream bub­ble. The lenders sell their paper and ride off into their mil­lion­aire dream. Everyone’s dream­ing. In Juarez they’re dreaming too.

March 7th, 2008
Categories: border photography, chihuahua, el paso, el paso juarez border, illegal immigration, Immigration, Juarez, Mexico, Photo of the Week . Author: bruce101 . Comments: No Comments