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, no warning, […]
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 Webb.
