Martha Puerto, who migrated from Honduras, holding the protrait of his brother, who lost his life working at a construction worksite in Austin, Texas. 2009.
SHeriff Alvin West sitting in a hunting cabin used by migrants for shelter. Hudspeth County, Texas, 2009.
Eloisa Tamez at her property near Brownsville, Texas. Since 2008, Tamez has challenged the US government against plans of building the border wall in her land.
Leonard Loop with the border fence that divides Loop Farms, his family business
Scott Nicol is an activist heading the No Border Wall campaign. Rio Grande Valley, 2010
Unnacompained minors deported from the USA back into Mexico after a fresh attempt to cross the river. Reynosa, Mexico. 2010.
Unnacompained minor waiting to be taken to the children's shelter after being deported from the USA back into Mexico.
Personal del Centro de Estudios Fronterizos y de Promoción de los Derechos Humanos. Reynosa, Mexico. 2010
Penitente
José Isabel Coj Cumar survived gunfire from a police helicopter as he was being smuggled into the US in the bed of a truck. His brother did not survive. Varituc del Carmen, Guatemala. 2014.
María Dorotea holds a portrait of her son Marcos Antonio, who was shot from a Texas Troopers' helicopter while being smuggled into the United States. Pachay Las Lomas, Guatemala.
María Dorotea and Marcial Castro Estrada lost their son, Marcos Antonio when he was shot by police from a helicopter while being smuggled into the US. Pachay Las Lomas, Guatemala. 2014.
José Isabel Coj Cumar (left) and his brother. José Isabel survived gunfire from a police helicopter as he was being smuggled into the US in the bed of a truck. His brother did not survive. Guatemala City, 2014.
José Moreno - El Fidelero del Valle. 2nd Festival of Texas Fiddling. Roundtop, Texas.
Belén Escobedo & Ramón Gutierrez 2nd Festival of Texas Fiddling. Round Top, Texas. 2015.
Audience member. 2nd Festival of Texas Fiddling. Roundtop, Texas.
David HIdalgo. House Concert with Los Texmaniacs, David Hidalgo & Steve Berlin. Texas Folklife, 2015.
Max Baca. House Concert with Los Texmaniacs, David Hidalgo & Steve Berlin. Texas Folklife, 2015.
Steve Berlin. House Concert with Los Texmaniacs, David Hidalgo & Steve Berlin. Texas Folklife, 2015.
Legendary conjunto accordionist Felipe Pérez has been playing music professionally since the 1950s. Pérez plays in a driving and old school style, and has composed a huge body of his own polkas, redovas, schottisches, huapangos, and waltzes. Austin, Texas. 2018.
Msafiri Zawose is a respected master musician, singer, and instrument maker in Tanzania. He has developed a distinct musical style through his interpretations of “tradition.” Msafiri is known for his innovative approach to the music of the Wagogo, an ethnic group that historically inhabited central Tanzania, relying heavily on traditional Gogo instruments such as the limba (a type of thumb piano) and zeze (a bowed/plucked lute). Austin, Texas. 2018.
Man Drinking
Finalist at the 2019 Big Squeeze Youth Accordion Competition.
Winner of the Conjunto 17 and Under Prize at the 2019 Big Squeeze Youth Accordion Competition.
Winner of the Polka Prize at the 2019 Big Squeeze Youth Accordion Competition.
Winner of the Cajun & Zydeco Prize at the 2019 Big Squeeze Youth Accordion Competition.
Gonzalez, Texas. 2014.
Starr County Judge Eloy Vera.
Eloisa Tamez near her property near Brownsville, Texas. After the US goverment built the borer wall in her land, she became one of the only civilians to be granted a numerical code that can open one of the gates on the fence. Rio Grande Valley, Texas. 2017.
Miguel worked as a photojournalist in Veracruz, Mexico until organized crime targeted his family. He fled Mexico and was granted political asylum with his wife in the US. Austin, Texas. 2017.
Father Roy Snipes
Xochimilco, Ciudad del México. 2018.
Camino Inca, Perú. 1998. 35mm,
Potosí, Bolivia. 1998. 35mm.
La Habana, Cuba. 2001. 35mm.
La Habana, Cuba. 35mm, 35mm, 2001.
Mercado de San Luisito. Monterrey, Mexico. 35mm, 2007.
Mercado de San Luisito. Monterrey, Mexico. 35mm, 2007.
Celso Piña signing autographs. Monterrey, Mexico, 2007. 35mm.
Javier López, lider de Los Reyes Vallenatos. Monterrey, Mexico. 2007. 35mm.
Leader of an independent community in Chiapas, Mexico. 1996. 35mm.
Activists pledging for justice for the 43 students disappeared in Ayotzinapa, Mexico in 2014. Austin, Texas. 2015.
La Habana, Cuba. 2001. 35mm.
Jesuit priest and paleontologist studying dinosaur tracks in Sucre, Bolivia. 1998.
35mm. Potosí, Bolivia. 1998.
35mm. Potosí, Bolivia. 1998.
Dr. Martin Lockley, Dinosaur track scholar and explorer. Denver, Colorado. 2000. 35mm.
Chiapas, Mexico. 1996. 35mm.
Austin, Texas. 1998.
Ciudad de Mexico. 2018.
Icamole, Mexico 1997. 35mm.
Monterrey, Mexico. 1992. 35mm.