Optics of a War Zone — Laurie Smith Photography

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Hummers and Detritus at the Wall_El Paso, TX.jpeg

Normandy Fence at the Wall_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

Optics of a War Zone at the US-Mexico Border 2023.jpeg

Stryker Armored Vehicle Pointed at Mexico_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

STRYKER Pointing Guns Toward Mexico_Juarez, Mexico 2025.jpeg

Texas National Guard at the Border_Juarez-El Paso Border.jpeg

Texas National Guardsmen at the Wall.jpeg

US Military and Surveillance at the Wall_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

US Military at the Wall_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

US Stryker Pointed at Mexico_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

View of US Stryker from the Mexico side of the Wall_Juarez, Mexico 2025.jpeg

Warning of Trespassing onto Military Property at the Wall_Anapra, NM 2025.jpeg

Border Patrol Ride Along

Things They Left Behind

Public Art - a great way to get more eyes on what a 30 foot steel bollard border wall looks like. Thank you @the_big_picture_colo for this powerful opportunity to share art with all people. #wheatpaste #publicart #publicartforall #borderwall #lauries

I’m excited to share the news that this photograph from my
One Landscape Divided series,
“Hand of Border Patrol at the Wall, El Paso Texas 2022”
has been selected for the Threshold 2025 Exhibition at CPAC November 21, 2025 &ndash

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Living in fear. Hiding. Separated from family. Torn from children. Detained. Alligator Alcatraz. Deported. El Salvador. Rwanda. Sudan. Back to dangerous homelands. Dying. In the desert. Remains in the sand. Bones bleaching in the

Trump wants the entire stretch of border wall painted black to burn the hands of those who attempt to climb it.
Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem said, “That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) is a US-based labor organization dedicated to improving the lives of day laborers, migrants, and low-wage workers! The network’s mission is to build leadership and power among marginalized com

Trump’s BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL designates
$46.5 BILLION for the BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL,
while the effectiveness of continuing to build a border wall is debated.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-budget-congress-trump-bill-e37bb0a5c5ca883438db349

Honored to have “Saguaro at the Wall” selected to exhibit with such brilliantly creative photographs at the Annual @cpacphoto Members Show, curated by Anne Leighton Massoni of @hcponline. Exhibit runs through August 2nd.
#borderlandphotog

Judging by the optics, the borderland is now a war zone. Since 2016 I have driven the dirt road that abuts the border wall from El Paso, TX to Columbus, NM, on self-assigned recognizance missions to see what might unfold.  I rarely encounter a s

© Laurie Smith 2025

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