observing san diego-tijuana urban life 
Today I hung out with a guy named Mario along the border wall near the footbridge at Los Laureles Canyon. He was hiking up the path from the culvert carrying a bolero kit, and I laughed and asked him if he gets much business shining shoes out here along the wall. […]
There’s nothing more idyllic than rural areas along the border in Baja California and San Diego County. Yellow blossoms blanket the ground for miles in the springtime, and once outside of the dense colonias of Tijuana, sleepy little settlements of a few homes are scattered here and there around Tecate. […]
In March 2009, I first hiked up the nearly one mile long pathway of the border wall on Tecate Peak. I have since returned many times, documenting the impact of the border wall on our environment. Climbing in the rugged terrain that first time, I was humbled by the massive […]
Mi frontera/my border: rastros y testimonies en el muro fronterizo Fotografias por Jill Holslin Esta exhibición de mis fotos del muro fronterizo trata de los mensajes y inscripciones que he encontrado en el muro fronterizo en Baja California y San Diego. He visto mensajes grabados, pintados en el muro aun […]
In Tijuana’s Zona Norte, the north end of Avenida Lucrecia Toriz has been sealed up with a concrete cinder block wall. The effect is abrupt, a rude interruption, creating a dead space piled with trash where street dogs gather to pick through the ruins. In fact, lots of streets facing […]
In a small grove of trees sliced in two by the rough iron bars of the border wall, a little boy looking northward has left his car. Here, in La Cañada de Los Sauces, just a few hundred yards east of Friendship Park, migrants wait and watch for their opportunity to cross. The […]
Join Breakthrough and filmmakers Dana Variano and Ishita Srivastava and raise your voice against one of the most pressing human rights tragedies today: the everyday deaths of migrants crossing through the deserts and mountains of the southwest United States. “The remains of at least 6,000 migrants have been found in U.S. desert […]
Since 2005 the border wall at Campo, California has provided the perfect location for frightened Americans to unify and express their fears. Drive south of Campo on Forrest Gate Road down to the border wall and you will see the messages. Just at the edge of federal and state property, […]
Traveling along the border wall, you see many traces of the footsteps of migrants. People like you and me, who are working to improve their lives and give the opportunities to their children that they themselves did not enjoy. One of my favorites is a name I saw near the […]
Border wall winds through the rugged mountains of Jacumba in East San Diego County.