Mist and mirrors d’town, El Paso – 6:38:51pm/July 28, 2008 I am supposed to be packing right now. I have a job in another city. It starts in three weeks. I won’t be leaving. This corner, this light, these people, their shadows, have inveighed my life for an adulthood…a long time.
Americo with prayer shawl, yamulke and guitar, Segundo barrio, El Paso – July 26, 2008 Why do I ever leave my loft? Went to the gym where a friend of over three years, a retired professor at the local university, someone who has never displayed anything but kindness and goodwill, out of the clear blue, [...]
Remnant #41, Del Norte Courts, El Paso-July 22, 2008 Editor’s Note: For other images from the Remnant series, see the July 13, 2007 and the May 12, 2008 posts. Use the calendar in the right column.
© Russell Lee Photograph Collection, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin Swimming pool at Armijo Park, El Paso, Texas, 1949
SEE VIDEO: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=1372185572 Borders. North and south. Mexico is a yin yang of the first order. See what’s going on on the southern border and get some insights into what’s going on on the northern one. Article by the always interesting and powerful Charles Bowden with cut-to-the-bone humane photographs by superb Magnum shooter, Alex [...]
Gilbert and Pooch, El Paso – July 12, 2008 Assume nothing. I asked this man, in Espanol, if I could photograph him and his Chihuahua (part of a series I’ve been doing for a long time). “I don’t speak Spanish,” he countered. Why would I think he was Spanish-speaking?
Juarez Police Protest Arbitrary Arrests Protesting policeman, Juarez -March 2008 photograph by Julian Cardona Photo and story by Julian Cardona March 31, 2008 About 50 Juárez police officers protested what they consider the arbitrary arrests of fellow officers by the recently arrived Mexican army in ciudad Juarez. They were protesting the alleged framing of [...]
El Paso/Juarez – July 10, 2008 El Paso: foreground. Juarez: Background. Words written in blood on old documents and rattling around in people’s heads who don’t live there.
Miguel, postman and mensch, El Paso – July 2008 Miguel. Another border encounter. He’s a savior for me on this day.
James Barraza, Segundo barrio, El Paso – June 30, 2008 James Barraza prowls the Segundo barrio with his Bible and attempts to spread “the good word.”
