Art activist. Documenting the migrant crisis at the wall.
At the Border
One Landscape Divided
As a son of immigrant parents from Mexico, I’m captivated by Laurie’s Photography. Her images transcend the stereotypical view of immigrants and conquer the heart with feelings of empathy, telling a story of struggle, pain, survival, faith, and the pursuit of happiness known to the Mexican community as El Sueño Americano.
— Luis Gutierrez, University of Colorado, Master of Architecture
• To give a face to the cost of the unrelenting migrant crisis, revealing the tangled reality of what I witness on both sides of the border.
• To share the close-up experience of the wall, shedding light on the moral and social divisions.
• To inspire individuals to delve into the symbolic, sociocultural, racial, humanitarian, and environmental consequences of the immigration situation.
• To spark bipartisan dialogue about legal, fact-based solutions, as all sides seem to be obscuring the truth.
Growing up in the borderlands of El Paso and Juarez, I have a deeply rooted bicultural identity and perspective on the immigration crisis where Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico converge. While the critical issues of immigration are a global phenomenon, particularly along the 2,000-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, my focus is on a microcosm of the story where one landscape is now divided.