En Memoriam
Los que viven en la memoria nunca mueren.
They who live in memory never die.
They who live in memory never die.
Predatory times call for a humane, enduring response. I cope by paying homage to asylum seekers who trekked thousands of miles through hostile countries only to be crushed by the rigors of a hostile American border.
I have incorporated the portraits of each into a master background painting of Tucson's iconic El Tiradito (The Castaway) Shrine. I offer this as a blessing to each of these people. May they be remembered with the dignity they so richly deserved.
I have incorporated the portraits of each into a master background painting of Tucson's iconic El Tiradito (The Castaway) Shrine. I offer this as a blessing to each of these people. May they be remembered with the dignity they so richly deserved.
To learn about their lives, click on their pictures.
Honoring too...
the many thousands who have been stripped of everything but life itself
and bravely believe that life is still possible in the United States.
and bravely believe that life is still possible in the United States.
La Rendición
Honduran border-crossers inspired by an image from 2014 by Rodolfo Gonzalez. MORE
La Aplicación
The last in my series honoring asylum seekers for a while, this captures the bond between parent and child.
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