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Man In The Segundo

Man in the Segundo, El Paso — Sept. 2011   Photo and Text by Bruce Berman Man from Anthony, New Mex­ico, describ­ing his younger days in the Segundo bar­rio. The Segundo bar­rio is El Paso’s most his­toric neigh­bor­hood, hug­ging the bor­der with Juarez, Mex­ico and archi­tec­turally intact from the 1880’s “rail­road boom,” that brought fired brick […]

Domes The Multimedia Man

Domes, the mul­ti­me­dia man, El Paso — May 2011 by Bruce Berman ©2011

Gator Skin And Diamonds And Color

Gator skin and dia­monds, El Paso — May 2011 ©Bruce Berman   El Paso –Six blocks to the bor­der. There are dia­monds. Well, they ought to be dia­monds. He says they cost $250. I believe him. Sun­day drive. Fam­ily in the Dodge. Stylin’ on Paisano Street by Bowie (Boooie). If you know El Paso you know […]

Artist, Marine, Steelworker, Truckdriver, Hip Guy

[fla­gallery gid=7 name=“Gallery”] ©2010 Bruce Berman EL PASO  –  Grave is a Renais­sance man. He prowls the city spray­ing paint, rap­ping with passerby (me included), dream­ing of new projects, check­ing out vacant walls that he or his kids can awaken, always lin­ing up the next stuff, shar­ing philosophy, Being.

Angelica Looks Up

Angel­ica, Segundo bar­rio, El Paso — Oct. 18, 2010 EL PASO –Angel­ica Alvarez. A true believer. A believer in her faith. A believer in a bet­ter day. A believer in joy. I noticed her as she worked her way down the street, engag­ing every per­son that she encoun­tered, leav­ing each per­son she talked with a smile on […]