Fire in Juárez
Man of fire/hombre de fuego, Juárez-o5/08/2010
Man of fire/hombre de fuego, Juárez-o5/08/2010
Zaragoza (Juarez), Chihuahua, street kids at scene of a murdered woman, 05/08 ©Bruce Berman 2010 Two border towns. El Paso and Juarez. One city is half dead and the other is in a coma. Guess which is which? As always, a trip to Juarez puts everything in perspective and raises big questions. For openers: We [...]
A piece written to my photography students at the end of a fine semester at New Mexico State University. Forgive the “first person.” Originally posted on their class website at www.nmsu.documentaryshooters.com: Brucini w/New Blanket from a Good Friend, El Paso –Dec. 9, 2009 So it comes to this, the semester ends, we go our own way, we [...]
Alameda in Mist, December 2, 2009 The view south, across Alameda street, across the Chamizal, three blocks beyond, across the bridge, into Juarez, into Chihuahua, into Mexico, beyond. Usually the view is razor sharp. The last few days have fuzzed things up: snow, rain, and, now, this morning, fog. Been looking south across this razor [...]
Pretty spot/bad times-Juarez 2009 Juarez / October 2009 Murders continue. Record year. Day of the Dead is coming. Like every day hasn’t been that. The streets have an eerie decay to them. Litter. Boarded up windows. Still a lot of hustle but the nights are empty and in the shadows are things no one wants [...]
Segundo Horseshoe, El Paso, Texas – ©2009/Bruce Berman
Woman of Lomas del Poleo, Juarez – 2009
Distraction de Juarez, Juarez, Mexico – April 2009 Violence? What violence? Wha-a-a-a…we need distractions? Si. Si se hace (I am scolding myself right now!).
Summer screen, El Paso – May 2009 Summer is here on the border. Hot. You know it’s summer when the umbrellas are out. Of course what’s in this image is not very “sopisticated.” Who walks in the Brave New World, anyway?
Musicos, El Paso – April 2009 Wary eyes. Everyone’s wary, in El Paso/Juarez, these days. The border is at war, with itself, with it’s two yin/yang sides, with the Interiors of each of the two sides. Everyone’s wondering where it’ll end, where they will fall on the have and have not scale, what’ll be left [...]