Bruce Berman Bruce Berman

House of the Abandoned

Maria Full Of Grace, from The Other Truth (T.O.T.) series, Juárez, May 2011 Photo and Text by Bruce Berman Juárez —   Maria. Full of grace. And other emo­tions. A per­ma­nent res­i­dent of CREAMAC, in the hills of Juárez, way up there, near the Guadalupe, the last place on one of the last streets, near the top. […]

The Great Border Storm of 2011: El Paso — Juarez

The Great Bor­der Storm of 2011, El Paso-Juarez by Bruce Berman ©2011 EL PASO –It was an amaz­ing storm. Hard to believe it hap­pened. Zero tem­per­a­tures (in El Paso!!!!). Ice. Snow. Irreg­u­lar elec­tric­ity. No inter­net. Inter­mit­tent Gas (for some peo­ple). High­ways closed. Jobs (includ­ing mine. I haven’t been to NMSU since last Tues­day! Bum­mer! I […]

Juárez: Room For Everybody?

Peo­ple, Horse, Van in Juarez  by Bruce Berman ©2010 JUAREZ, Mex­ico — Juarez still stands. It is still Juarez. It is a city of my heart. I am not alone. It is insane what has hap­pened in Juarez. There is no ref­er­ence or metaphor: it just stinks. I walk the streets and there are “tastes,” […]

Fire in Juárez

Man of fire/hombre de fuego, Juárez-o5/08/2010

Half Dead City Is Fully Alive

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 don’t have […]