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Prom Night: The Boogie Man Is A Long Way Away

  Prom Girl, El Paso, Texas –May 2011   Mur­der schmur­der! It’s Prom Night in El Paso. Those build­ings in the back­ground are down­town El Paso. The space behind, the moun­tain, that’s Juarez. That girl there, in the fore­ground, the one with the whimsy and the joy and the hopes and the fragility, she’s a mil­lion miles […]

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 […]

Juarez Through The Fence

Boy con­tem­plates the mur­der of “Our Daugh­ters” in Juarez, through the fence, from El Paso, 2010 by Bruce Berman ©2011 Copyright secured by Digiprove

New Mexico Car With Issues

New Mex­ico Car With Issues, Las Cruces, Feb. 2011     Las Cruces –Any­thing else? There’s still space. Copyright secured by Digiprove

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 […]