The Fence !

The fence. The infamous fence. Why does it just end here and why are the gates open. Actually I believe this to be what they refer to as a secondary fence that serves to slow down the border crossers if they have actually made it into the United States. There are always more questions than answers.

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Checkpoint

I was stopped and questioned by two customs agents as I was photographing the border checkpoint at night. They were polite but very firm. I was not to photograph any U.S. Government personnel. I was informed that, in the old film days, they would have just confiscated my film, but in the digital age they wanted to take a very close look at my images on the camera monitor. Evidently I was pointing the camera in their general direction and they wanted to make sure that I didn’t get a recognizable photo of them. Life is different at the border.

San Luis, AZ

I just returned from the Yuma/San Luis area with a ton of great photographs. Spent two days looking and photographing. San Luis is not your typical, tourist border town. Stay tuned for the photos, coming tomorrow.

Yuma

We're heading to Yuma today and then to San Luis to photograph the border fence there. Will post photos soon.