I miss big al and charlie

Thank you!

beautiful

I would love to contribute with photo-articles.

I have very clear boundaries on what is mexican and what is mexican-american and i think that has helped keep the culture shock to a minimum. I feel that mexicans here can be more trustworthy and are always eager to help any way they can, the communities are very well organized and there's a vast network of support out here.

For sure its getting better, i think trump kinda made us have a common enemy and that helped a lot. Personally for me it was teachers, specifically teachers in the US. They see this shit daily and in the most raw possible way. From students who's parents got deported to students who have been told by both mexicans and americans that they don't belong in either group. it's rough for the kids out there.

This is a tough question because the only real answer is “it depends” I guess my advice is to keep in mind that in the USA, your worth as a person directly correlates to how much money you can make for someone else. If you don’t have a safety net (relatives that can help you while you get settled) it’ll be really hard to get started. A lot of services and apartments require high deposits because of the lack of credit history so you’d be at a disadvantage in that area.

Yeah the vast majority. I managed to inform a lot of my friends and family as to why that way of thinking is terribly wrong but we all started like that. Even I said those exact words at some point in the past. Some don't ever inform themselves and stay like that. There's a huuuge sense of spite from the "legal immigrants" towards DACA recipients and ironically those are the ones i feel the most sympathy for. The worst cases, like my aunt who we don't speak to anymore (a lot of hispanic families have that one aunt), came in illegally and managed to become residents and are now complaining about illegal immigration....

A bit more context: A student organization at my university planned a trip to Disney/Universal and we all pooled money for a charter bus. My school, being in the border, is 90% hispanics so when we stopped at a gas station to re-supply and use the restroom (it was a 24hr drive) they locked the door on us and told us to keep driving. Sucks for them, we were all hungry and bought a ton of food at the next gas station

Yes, mostly people telling me they're surprised I can speak english without a mexican accent. I had a bilingual uprising because I am from a border town so if anything I have a Texas accent. I've had security called on me for "looking suspicious" at a rest stop in middle-of-nowhere ,Texas. Was on a school trip to Florida and we stopped in Alabama and were denied service at a gas station, straight up told us "we don't have enough employees to follow you around and make sure you don't steal anything". In a professional level, the closest thing resembling racism was being asked with some translations but I don't think it was ill intended because I do put on my resume that I am bilingual and willing to help with any spanish-english translation.

personally, i would love to learn about how to photograph with a more informative/journalistic approach.

haa i was thinking the same thing. i was expecting it to exist already but it doesnt

sorry, had a typo it's a Telesar but yeah i found it at a goodwill for a few bucks

Telestar 55mm

It was intended haha, the only wildlife shooting I do is with a camera

Mischief Makers!

https://youtu.be/MBbbirTrJqM