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BORDER WALL

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This extraordinary award winning photograph of a migrant worker harvesting chiles in the Rio Grande valley of El Paso was captured by my mother and photographer, Jody Schwartz, in 2000.
If the impending threat of mass deportation by the incoming adm

Thrilled to announce my new website, business card, and postcard series…
all thanks to Connie, the creative genius of Communicate What Matters. Also a big thank you to Alice Zimet at the International Center for Photography for steering me in

Just to set things straight:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released its operational statistics for Fiscal Year 2024, highlighting significant enforcement increases and a notable decrease in southwest border encounters.
Troy A. Miller,

“Mass Deportation Now!” declared the signs at the RNC.
Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign.
He has suggested he would use the National Guard, and possibly even the military, to target between 15 million and 2

“To suggest the Biden administration is presiding over an ‘open border’ simply defies reality,” writes borderland journalist and colleague, Morgan Smith, in an article recently published in the Rio Grande Guardian. Morgan and

“Migrants Seeking Asylum at the Border Wall” selected for the @cpacphoto Colorado Photographic Art Center 2024 Annual Members Show. Thrilled to have this photograph be chosen by juror @blewisphoto NY Times Photo Editor to exhibit among s

I’M SO HONORED TO HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH FROM MY BORDER SERIES INCLUDED IN MAPPING PERSPECTIVES, THROUGHLINE COLLECTIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS. FEATURING THE WORK OF ARTISTS WHO EXPLORE POWER STRUCTURES, INEQUALITIES, AND DOMINANT IDEOLOGIES WITHIN AND ACR

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and th

The purpose of a photograph is to evoke a reaction.
If it initially sparks a negative response, it can subsequently ignite a positive reaction in the next viewer.
The initial negativity can act as a catalyst, triggering a positive reaction.
A phot

Dia de los Muertos.

#diadelosmuertosmexico #lauriesmithphoto #dayofthedeadmexico #cemetaries

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