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Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Marisol and Cristina carry their shoes while walking through mud to their local school. The dirt road was paved with 'caliche,' a by-product from a local chemical plant. Plant owners donated the waste product…
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Marisol (R) bathes with her sisters, Eloisa, 3, and Cristina, 6, outside the dwelling their family built in Colonia de Cambio near to the dump. 'For others, my house was ugly, but for me it was beautiful, and…
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Nancy Rodriguez, 12, finishes her homework by candlelight in Mexico. Officials installed utility poles in their neighborhood but never ran cables between them. It usually takes years for basic utilities to…
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North - Marisol (R) and her mother, Eloisa Rodriguez Cantu, 39, search through mounds of waste at the municipal dump. One day, Marisol found a human corpse there. This incident made Eloisa even more determined to take…
Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North
STORY SUMMARY Crossings, The Dream of the Rich North -- Every year tens of thousands of Mexicans illegally cross the border into the U.S. searching for a better life in El Norte,' where they often disappear into a black hole of anonymity,…
'Roundup'
Local cattle ranchers Mike Byrne and Lucky Gravette lead their horses, Albert and Smoke, back to the trailers, following a day of branding 80 calves.
'Roundup'
As Lucky Gravette brands a steer, Jim Goff, (baseball cap) and Russell Piazza tend to other tasks at left. Joe Paulo, on horseback, keeps a tight rope on the animal.
'Roundup'
Local cowboys, l to r- Dominic Piazza, Ken Moore, Jim Goff and Joe Paulo handle a calf for branding.
'Roundup'
The boot of Joe Paulo on his horse as he keeps tension with his rope on a calf as others process the animals.
