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The ‘hood Is Still Good

Copia Street, Jan. 4, 2010 Four blocks to the bridge, to the bor­der. Lots of foot traf­fic. It comes and it goes, north then south. The neigh­bor­hood is chang­ing as the Med­ical Cen­ter becomes a real­ity, but it’s going to be hard to erase what the neigh­bor­hood is. This mural, sneaked in on the side of a little […]

Turtle In New Mexico

Turtle/New Year’s Eve 2009, New Mex­ico Las Cruces New Mex­ico on New Year’s Eve 2009. Tur­tle, 17, born and raised in this south­ern New Mex­ico town. Apache. Defi­ant and alive. It was as good as Times Square. Bet­ter. 2010 Res­o­lu­tions? Nah. Just keep looking.

Border Story: The Artist Flees

The Artist, 1st Day on el lado norte — 01/01/2010 EL PASO - New Years Day. A time for “begin­nings.” I hope. Should be. She is an extra­or­di­nary artist. A force of nature.  A giver. A maker of strong things and deep inspi­ra­tion. Unmov­able. A force. The sicar­ios came to her stu­dio in Juarez right before […]