The first two weeks of January, I was at the New York Times Institute in Tucson with some excellent journalists from around the country. I got to shoot a lot with one of the Times editors and compete with other skilled photographers. Here is an audio slideshow of my work. And it has a funny [...]
While tagging along with Deanna Dent in Mexico in 2008, I took some photos at Casa de Elizabeth Orphanage. The Aztec Press recently wrote a story about it.
PHOTO WRITING- Mexico Highway 15, which is often used by tourists, has come off a recent State Department travel alert, but students are still aren’t traveling to Mexico.
Fear of violence has kept residents from leaving their homes and tourists from visiting Nogales. The U.S. State Department released an alert Oct. 14 warning about the dangers of crossing on foot, so business has been affected.
About an hour south of the border in Imuris, Sonora, the Casa de Elizabeth Orphanage is getting hit hard from both sides.
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Deanna took this candid of me at the orphanage. And remember, it was only pure coincidence that I wore my best shirt when I was aware that she’d probably take my picture. :^P
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This house was apparently a safe-house for for a drug cartel in the exclusive Kennedy neighborhood of Nogales, Sonora. Three gunmen and a member of the Sonora State Investigative Police died.
I crossed into Nogales, Sonora to see how things were. I talked to many people, most of them said the city is safe for you if you’re not a drug dealer. Some people said no place in the city is secure.
The streets, especially at night, were bare. I grew up here [...]
Dressed up from Halloween the day before
Bankey was very proud the paint job she did with the pink highlighter
Photojournalist Deanna Dent went to Imuris, Sonora to cover an orphanage. She didn’t mind snapping a few shots while we were there.
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