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MEXICO

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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

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2023/11/30/us-mexico-border-sees-surge-migrant-deaths-el-paso-juarez/70726958007/
149 migrant deaths were recorded in 2023 in the El Paso sector of the border alone. This is up from 6 recorded death

Dia de los Muertos.

#diadelosmuertosmexico #lauriesmithphoto #dayofthedeadmexico #cemetaries

#desertstorms
#lauriesmithphoto

I am so grateful for:
-the opportunity to exhibit two photographs from my border series alongside so many great works of art
-the honor to have these works selected for the annual @cpac Members show by @picturagallery curators @mia.daglish and Lisa W

Today’s press release by El Paso Sector Border Patrol:
The international border is filled with a myriad of challenges, and triple digit temperatures recorded along the border for the past few days are just one factor increasing the number of re

Items carried or worn, dropped or discarded in the dirt once the border had been crossed. #ditritus #thingstheycarried #migrantstories #humanity #usmexicoborder #borderwall #borderland #lauriesmithphoto

While hundreds if not thousands of asylum seekers were making their onerous last minute journey
to the US Mexico border, or sleeping in tents on the streets of Juarez, or seeking refuge in shelters, or camping on the sandy banks of the Rio Grande ju

© Laurie Smith 2024

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