Pumpa Monumental, FBA Project/El Paso -2009 It ain’t all war and drugs and deals. Or is it? Right here, in the midst of it all is…this! Who made this? Chinese hands? Sweat shop Haitian hands? Don’t tell me North Carolina hands! They did wingtips, right? Who will end up with this radical pump? Where will [...]
Woman of Lomas del Poleo, Juarez – 2009
Tres niños before The Grid, June 2009 Lomas del Poleo/Juarez, Chihuahua/Mexico June 20, 2009 Lomas del Poleo. The battle goes on. More people leave. People fight to stay. A mean strip of ten lane highway has snaked its way through Lomas del Poleo (see previous posts or Google it). The Developers got what they needed [...]
Quincineara, Segundo barrio, El Paso – 2009 Remember? Joy? Fifteen and delirious, defiant and non-idealogical, optimistic and uncertain, determined and hesitant, at times wildly free and untamed. Quinceañera.
Family in Segundo barrio, El Paso – 2009 Thanksgiving Day. Summer of 2009. I see it every day. That other day, the one in November, I guess it’s in there somewhere. Eating and stopping the world and traveling and the whole schmeer. That’s thankfulness, right. What is the word for grinch in Thanksgiving-ese? I see [...]
Deseparacida Monica, 18 años de edad, Juarerz-2009
Entrance to Juarez, June 2009 Militarization works two ways. The bridges between Juarez and El Paso used to be friendly -although tedious if in a car- gateways to good times or better times, depending on which way you were traveling. Or is that just nostalgia? Well, if not “friendly,” than at least not hostile. Now [...]
The March against violence in memory of Professor Manuel Arroyo, Juarez, June 3, 2009 Juarez, Chihuahua/Mexico June 3, 2009 The Megabandera (giant flag) in the Chamizal Park in Juarez is usually the place for joy and pleasure, a meeting place for families, lovers and tourists. That was before la catástrofe. The catastrophe. Before the Cartel [...]
