Mattress in an alley
Now that downtown is getting a facelift I hope we do something about some
of the alleys downtown specially this one in back of Walgreens. I guess we don't
really put much attention some of the alleys because we see them as a place to
keep trash, where homeless people and drunks hang out and go to the bathroom.
But it would be nice to pass by the sidewalk and not have this sight and the smell.
December 18, 2009

Woman driving a bus
December 18, 2009

Kids with skateboards
December 18, 2009

Woman with red coat
December 18, 2009

Woman with gum
December 18, 2009

Woman and kids in street corner
December 18, 2009

Legs
December 18, 2009

Woman with three bags
December 17, 2009

Persons giving directions
December 17, 2009

Image on side of a truck
December 17, 2009

Man in blue
December 17, 2009

Woman with birthday balloons
December 17, 2009

Hands
No, this guy was not asking for money.
December 17, 2009

Persons in street corner
December 17, 2009

Man with blue gloves
This is one of a few videos I have taken from my apartment window.
One morning I saw this man walking back and forth, I did not know
how long he was going to be doing that so I got my camera,set it up
on a tripod, quickly looked for a song in my computer and started
recording the video and the music from my computer at the same time.
I did not know if the song I had picked was right, how long it was
going to last or if it was going to get too crazy and ruin the video.
The idea was to stop recording when the music was over. The song stopped
and the man kept walking for a minute more then he suddenly stopped and
thats when I stopped recording. I do not have a way of editing video so
I have to record music at the same time and hope for the best...
This video was recorded in 2008. Music by Do Make Say Think.
December 13, 2009

Persons in streetcorner
December 13, 2009

Man with hat and sunglasses
December 13, 2009

Woman with headphones
December 13, 2009

Belt buckels
December 13, 2009

Michael and Mini pinatas
What I find interesting about pinatas made in the image of a character or person
(usually an american icon or character) is that you tell your kids to choose their favorite character
and then you hang it from a rope and then kids wait their turn to beat the candies out of the character
with a stick...mmm? If you like this character so much why are you beating it with a stick?
Isn't that what people do when they hate somebody and to show how much they hate him they make
a "pinata" in the image of that person and beat and kick it to shreds in public or private demonstrations.
Look in youtube under BUSH PINATA and you'll see what I mean.
If I made a pinata of one of your relatives like your son or mother would you still hit it with a stick?
It's just paper and glue!
December 13, 2009

Having lunch at The Tap
December 13, 2009

Persons about to cross the street
December 13, 2009

Blue bug
December 13, 2009

Man in a tractor
December 13, 2009

Man with a cane
December 13, 2009

Green truck
December 13, 2009

Man with gray hood
December 10, 2009

Policeman on the night shift
December 10, 2009

Windy day
December 8, 2009

Woman with brown jacket
December 8, 2009

Light breakfast
December 7, 2009

Blood under my nail
This is what happens when you pull the door to close it and then you think
"the lights!" so you let go of the door - which is still in motion - and then you stick your hand in
to turn off the lights and yes you turn off the lights but your hand does make it out in time.
One of those mornings...
December 7, 2009

Women and man crossing the street
December 7, 2009

Man with a green jacket
December 7, 2009

Number on my door
December 7, 2009

Graffiti on the sidewalk
December 7, 2009

Number on the floor
December 7, 2009

Man filing his nail
December 7, 2009

Graffiti on a concrete barrier
December 7, 2009

Men at work
December 7, 2009

Museum of History
December 7, 2009

Cigarette butt with lipstick
December 5, 2009

Boxes on cart
December 5, 2009

Business card on the sidewalk
December 5, 2009

Woman with a puppy
December 5, 2009

Persons decorating bus for the parade
December 5, 2009

Graffiti on sidewalk
December 5, 2009

Gum and nails on a light pole
December 5, 2009

Ad taped to a traffic control box
December 5, 2009

People getting ready for the parade of lights
December 5, 2009

Graffiti on sidewalk
December 5, 2009

Can in a plastic bag
December 5, 2009

Man in a wheelchair
December 5, 2009

Parade of lights
December 5, 2009

Grizzly Bear - Ready, Able
Directed by Allison Schudnik
December 2, 2009

Foggy morning
December 2, 2009

View of Mills Street looking west
December 2, 2009

Gum under a table
December 2, 2009

Man with plastic
Light snow was falling in the morning and by noon it stopped, the sun came
out and the rest of the day was great.
December 1, 2009

Abdou building and Guadalupe Mts. covered with snow in the background

December 1, 2009

Texas Tower, Plaza Hotel and Mills Building
December 1, 2009

View south of downtown
Santa Fe International bridge and Juarez in the background
December 1, 2009

Helicopter
December 1, 2009

Falling snow outside my window
November 30, 2009

Footprints and tire tracks in the snow
November 30, 2009

Man with blue and white umbrella
November 30, 2009

Snowy day
November 30, 2009

Balloon stuck under a bench
November 29, 2009

Women waiting to cross the street
November 29, 2009

Chess pieces on a table
November 29, 2009

Plate with french fries outside the post office
November 29, 2009

A cup on a desk
November 29, 2009

A man and a woman taking shelter from the rain
November 29, 2009

Picture of a baby on a desk
November 29, 2009

Sanitizer on a desk
November 29, 2009

Trash inside a trashcan

What I find so interesting about this view of trash in a trashcan is that it is a wonderful

collage of randomly placed materials. I all starts with a "clean" and empty space and

during the day all kinds of persons start making this wonderful work made up different

materials, textures and colors. Yes there is dirt, lots of germs, spit, gum, food, humidity

and odor but seen from above and in a photo it looks wonderful. I have several photos

like this just waiting to be enlarged and displayed somewhere.

Take the time to see everything here, now it's the time to "stick" your head in a trashcan

but in the comfort of your office and without the odor.

November 29, 2009

Paper pasted on a wall
November 29, 2009

Painting under bags carrying aluminum cans
November 29, 2009

Men crossing the street
November 29, 2009

Design in the gate to enter our building
November 29, 2009

Decal on a window
I wonder what happend to this idea.
November 29, 2009

Graffiti on a phone booth
November 29, 2009

Poster of a woman in an empty store

November 29, 2009

Leaves in a puddle
November 29, 2009

View from my window in black and white
November 29, 2009

U.S. Post Office
This afternoon it had just rained and the environment was filled with this wonderful light
accompanied by a red sky, it was the night before it snowed.
November 29, 2009

View of Stanton Street looking south
November 29, 2009

Gateway Hotel
November 29, 2009

Persons waiting for the bus
November 29, 2009

Corner of San Antonio and Stanton

November 29, 2009

Woman on the phone
November 27, 2009

Persons in a street corner
November 27, 2009

Woman with dog

November 27, 2009

Man carrying boxes
November 25, 2009

Man with long hair
November 25, 2009

Man looking at his reflection
November 25, 2009

Woman in street corner looking at an accident
November 25, 2009

Man counting his money
November 23, 2009

Man getting in a car
November 23, 2009

Woman lifting her arm
November 23, 2009

Women with similar hair
November 23, 2009

Woman with sunglasses
November 23, 2009

Man with a cardboard sign
November 21, 2009

Man with blue shoes
November 15, 2009

Woman texting
November 15, 2009

Woman with blonde hair
November 15, 2009

Man and woman talking
November 15, 2009

Persons in street corner
November 15, 2009

Woman with zebra pattern suitcase
November 15, 2009

Man with a cross on his jacket
November 15, 2009

Tony coming to visit
(My younger brother)
November 13, 2009

Couple sitting on a bench
November 13, 2009

Man with scars on his head
November 13, 2009

55 Chevy
November 13, 2009

Nicola Conte
The photography is similar to the photography you would see in the movie
Last Year at Marienbad, 1961
November 9, 2009

Last Edition 2003 VW
There where only 3,000 last edition VW or "Vochos" produced in Puebla, Mexico before the plant closed
its doors in 2003. 2,999 of the last edition cars where sold at $8,000 dlls. and the last car was sent
to Wolsburg, Germany to be part of the VW collection. The last edition has details of the older models
like, chrome bumpers and chrome side and hood trims. It also has white wall tires and the instrument
panel and instruments are the same color as the car.
The last edition came in only two colors, light blue or beige and had the company's German logo on
the hood and "Last Edition" printed on the door of the glove compartment. The factory in Puebla, Mexico
was the only one producing the VW after the plant in Brazil closed its doors in 1996.
November 9, 2009

Women in wheelchairs
November 9, 2009

Woman with a black cap
November 9, 2009

Woman with shorts
November 8, 2009

Candies on the sidewalk
November 8, 2009

Man standing in street corner
November 8, 2009

Man with matching cap and tie
November 7, 2009

Veterans Day parade
November 7, 2009

Women holding hands
November 4, 2009

Handcuffs and badge hanging from a rearview mirror
November 4, 2009

Sarah at The Percolator
November 4, 2009

Sign on a wall
November 4, 2009

Self portrait
November 4, 2009

View from a window in an emergency door
November 4, 2009

Woman carrying a kid
November 4, 2009

Man almost getting hit by a truck
November 4, 2009

Man with tattoo
November 3, 2009

Man taking pictures
November 3, 2009

Man with a sign
November 3, 2009

Airplane
November 3, 2009

Woman crossing the street
November 1, 2009

Dog on the street
November 1, 2009

Man on a bicycle
November 1, 2009

Me cleaning my apartment windows
I put the camera in intervalometer
November 1, 2009

Paper on the sidewalk
November 1, 2009

Late afternoon rain
October 28, 2009

Gray limo
October 28, 2009

Strawberry jelly on toast
October 28, 2009

Man with orange sunglasses
October 28, 2009

Woman in gray crossing the street
October 28, 2009

Man and woman crossing the street
October 26, 2009

Woman with tattoo of a star on her chest
October 26, 2009

Woman smelling her armpit
October 26, 2009

Woman with a balloon
October 26, 2009

Man standing in the corner
October 26, 2009

Woman pushing a cart
October 26, 2009

Furniture on a trailer
October 25, 2009

Tape on the sidewalk
October 25, 2009

Women enjoying their sunday
October 25, 2009

Artist Claude Montes outside EPMA
October 25, 2009

Cat on a wood fence
October 25, 2009

Women standing on the sidewalk
October 25, 2009

In the Museum of History
October 25, 2009

Mannequin in a store
October 25, 2009

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
October 24, 2009

Man taking a leak on the side door of Walgreens
October 24, 2009

Woman with a frown
October 24, 2009

Man with his shirt on his head
October 23, 2009

Woman reading a magazine
October 22, 2009

Man on a motorcycle
October 22, 2009

Man not wearing a shirt
October 22, 2009

Woman with pink glove talking to herself
October 22, 2009

Woman with a necklace
October 22, 2009

Man on the phone
October 21, 2009

Man standing in the corner
October 20, 2009

Man with a dust mask
October 20, 2009

Explosions in the Sky - Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean
October 16, 2009

Man with pink shoes
October 16, 2009

Man with a virgin on his cap and on his shirt
October 16, 2009

Man crossing the street
October 16, 2009

Woman with pink dress
October 15, 2009

Woman with a bag of pork rinds
October 15, 2009

Woman holding a water bottle
October 15, 2009

Women on bicycles
October 12, 2009

Dirty window
This is what I have to shoot photos through when I take them from
my window, because my windows do not open.
October 12, 2009

Man with red pants
October 12, 2009

Man with black shoes
October 8, 2009

Pan Am travel bag
October 8, 2009

Woman eating noodles
October 7, 2009

Man standing next to a motorcycle
October 7, 2009

Man working on the Mills building
October 7, 2009

Man receiving a kiss on the nose
October 7, 2009

View of San Antonio street looking west, 1966
October 5, 2009

1965 Dodge truck
October 5, 2009

Man with a cross
October 5, 2009

Money in a car
October 5, 2009

Woman in a black dress
October 5, 2009

After the rain
October 3, 2009

Radiohead
October 3, 2009

Kids dancing on the sidewalk
October 6, 2009

Stickers on a minivan
October 3, 2009

Streetcar, early 60's

The streetcars would take people to Juarez and also picked up people in

Juarez and brought them to El Paso. One of the problems with these

streetcars was that every time there was a power outage they would

all stop running. That would create traffic jams everywhere they had stopped

especially if they stopped running in the middle of a busy intersection.

Power outages could last a few hours or sometimes half a day.

October 3, 2009

Inside the old Newberrys store
(Newberrys "grande" - Texas and Stanton)
I still remember having lunch with my mom here in the 70's.
October 3, 2009

Woman with tattoo on her breast
Talk about marking your territory! I saw this woman walking in front of my apartment.
October 2, 2009

Man reading newspaper in a car
October 2, 2009

Ten dollar bill in a car
October 2, 2009

Woman in a white car
October 2, 2009

Man in a red motorcycle
October 2, 2009

Grill in the back of a truck
October 2, 2009

Fridge in the back of a truck
October 2, 2009

Woman with sunglasses
October 2, 2009

Letters on a truck window
October 2, 2009

Woman in a yellow SUV
October 2, 2009

Things in the bed of a truck
October 2, 2009

Man in a motorcycle
October 2, 2009

Radio in the bed of a truck
October 2, 2009

Sticker on a red car
October 12, 2009

Man looking out the window
October 2, 2009

Woman in a red car
October 2, 2009

Woman with a phone on her lap
October 2, 2009

Things in the back of a car
October 2, 2009

Cans and hoses in the bed of a truck
October 2, 2009

Bicycle in the bed of a truck
October 2, 2009

Boxes in the bed of a truck
October 2, 2009

Man and kid in a convertible
October 2, 2009

Woman and kid on red SUV
October 2, 2009

Blue ironing board in truck
October 2, 2009

Man with a bandana
October 2, 2009

Persons in a white car
October 2, 2009

Woman in a red car
October 2, 2009

Reflection of a woman in a window
October 2, 2009

Woman with a tattoo on her back
October 2, 2009

Man in red
October 2, 2009

Woman listening to music and "drumming" on her steering wheel
October 2, 2009

Woman with wide gold belt
October 2, 2009

Man counting his money
October 2, 2009

Young woman stopped by a policeman

October 1, 2009

Man in a pink motorcycle
Nice going buddy!
October 1, 2009

Yellow truck
October 1, 2009

Man in a white convertible
September 30, 2009

Woman with a red hat
September 30, 2009

Woman that looks like she just scaped from a hospital
September 30, 2009

Truck with disco ball hanging from rearview mirror
(This is the man that owns the truck that has words written
around the truck, which you'll see further down.)
September 30, 2009

Woman with red dress
September 30, 2009

Woman in a red car
September 30, 2009

Woman with red and white parasol
September 30, 2009

Small dog with a blue dress
September 28, 2009

Cardboard collector
September 28, 2009

Logo on t-shirt
September 28, 2009

Soda cans in a car
September 28, 2009

Kid being left behind
September 26, 2009

Kid with teddy bear
September 26, 2009

Kid with sunglasses
September 26, 2009

Woman with plastic bag

September 26, 2009

Woman with sunglasses
September 26, 2009

San Jacinto Plaza

September 25, 2009

Midnight Cowboy, 1969. Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman and Silvia Miles.
When it came out it was rated X, later was re-released in late 1970
and was downgraded to R. It was an archetypal film for the
"New Hollywood" of the 70's, with its adult themes of alienation,
sex and drugs, anti-authoritarianism, and quest for freedom.
Won 3 Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.
September 24, 2009

Ants on a tree
September 24, 2009

Name on a tree

September 24, 2009

Mural on the side of Mills Building
September 24, 2009

Chalk drawing
September 24, 2009

Talking Heads - Born Under Punches
September 23, 2009

1970 Chevrolet station wagon
September 23, 2009

Woman with cigarette between her fingers
September 23, 2009

Woman checking out her photos
September 23, 2009

Woman with red shoes

September 23, 2009

Woman with little black dress
September 23, 2009

Woman in the street corner
September 23, 2009

Woman with red socks
September 23, 2009

Man with hand on woman's butt
September 22, 2009

Women about to cross the street
September 22, 2009

Woman with flower print blouse
September 22, 2009

Persons on a tricycle
September 22, 2009

Man with a hat
September 22, 2009

Woman taking photos of a man
September 22, 2009

Inflateable sculpture in San Jacinto Plaza
September 19, 2009

Persons drawing with chalk at San Jacinto Plaza
September 19, 2009

Woman in a blue car
September 18, 2009

Kid on a leash
September 18, 2009

Woman with eyes closed
September 18, 2009

Legs
September 16, 2009

Truck with image of an ocean
September 16, 2009

Having lunch at The Percolator
September 16, 2009

Woman with blonde hair
September 16, 2009

Woman holding on to a woman's arm
September 16, 2009

Self portrait
September 16, 2009

Man with backpack
September 16, 2009

Man and woman with hats
September 16, 2009

Blue rosary
September 16, 2009

Kid with hat
September 16, 2009

Man and woman crossing the street
September 16, 2009

Woman with leopard print dress
September 16, 2009

Woman with sunglasses
September 16, 2009

Dog in bed of truck
September 16, 2009

Woman with tricolor dress
September 16, 2009

Woman on the phone
September 16, 2009

Rainy night
September 16, 2009

Pregnant woman with colorful dress
September 15, 2009

Women in street corner
September 15, 2009

Man with two tone hair
September 15, 2009

Man crossing the street
September 15, 2009

Women with plastic bags
September 15, 2009

Charros on horses
September 15, 2009

Looking at abstract art in El Paso Museum of Art
September 12, 2009

Having breakfast with Brenda
September 12, 2009

Man in blue
September 12, 2009

Woman texting
September 11, 2009

Man standing in street corner
September 11, 2009

Rafa Pistolas yawning
September 11, 2009

Man yelling in street corner
September 11, 2009

1971 Chevy Monte Carlo with blue stripes
September 10, 2009

Woman with purple flower
September 10, 2009

Man and woman in street corner
September 10, 2009

Man with foot on wall
September 10, 2009

Woman with pink blouse
September 10, 2009

With Hope at The Percolator
September 9, 2009

Man with bag under his arm
September 9, 2009

Airplanes

September 9, 2009

Stuffed animals on dashboard
September 9, 2009

Waldeck - Make My Day
September 8, 2009

Baby in pink
September 8, 2009

Woman with red lipstick
September 8, 2009

Woman waiting to cross the street
September 8, 2009

SUV with cross hanging from rearview mirror
September 8, 2009

Man with a guitar
September 8, 2009

Red toenails
September 8, 2009

Meter maid doing her job
September 8, 2009

Man with a red cap
September 8, 2009

SUV on the wrong side of the street
Are people distracted by something? Maybe their phones?
I cannot understand what makes somebody go over the clearly
visible yellow line and drive on the other side of the street.
This week I saw at least three cars driving on the other side
of this same street.
September 7, 2009

Kids in a street corner
September 5, 2009

Woman in a yellow beetle
September 5, 2009

Man with dark shirt
September 5, 2009

Automobiles on back of trailer
September 5, 2009

Man and kids with soda cans
September 5, 2009

Man standing in the street corner
September 5, 2009

Woman opening a bag of Doritos
September 5, 2009

Woman in a blue dress
September 5, 2009

Historic clock at San Jacinto Plaza
September 5, 2009

Mesa Ave. , 1910
What reads on the postcard:
The new retail business section of El Paso (Mesa Ave.), looking south.
The buildings shown were all erected during the fall and winter of
1909 - 1910, and are of reinforced concrete.



Mesa Ave. looking south
Now and then
September 5, 2009

Man taking a nap
September 5, 2009

Newpaper in the bushes
September 5, 2009

Parking space with two stops
September 5, 2009

Trash in a trashcan
September 5, 2009

The Mills and the Plaza buildings
September 5, 2009

Pink sandles hanging from rearview mirror
September 5, 2009

Broken slate outside a building
We need to do something about people destroying property while
skateboarding. Everywhere downtown I see damaged property
by skateboarders. Maybe the solution would be to build a
skateboard park in the downtown area. Something like what they
have right now in back of the boys club in the second ward.
It could be around the library were there is still some open space.
It can be a combination of ramps, walls (like the one above) and even
some trees and a few picnic tables. Why not, maybe also a basketball
hoop. We want people to come live downtown but all we are thinking
about is having more restaurants and cafes. Where are people going
to play, sit under a tree and read a book, walk their dog, have a picnic
and cook a burguer if they wish.
Are kids going to play in the streets and sidwalks? We need recreational
areas to be within walking distance in order for people downtown to
use them.
A small movie house that plays foreign films and documentaries and
a spacious but smaller than the bookstore in Marfa would be nice!



September 5, 2009

Reflection on a window
September 5, 2009

Woman driving a black car
September 5, 2009

Desk in an office
September 5, 2009

Man with orange shirt
September 5, 2009

Woman driving a bus
September 5, 2009

Man tying his bicycle to a pole
September 5, 2009

Plaza Hotel early in the morning
September 5, 2009

Kid looking out the window
September 4, 2009

Man with Marilyn Manson t-shirt
September 4, 2009

Man standing in street corner
September 4, 2009

Woman with white sunglasses
September 4, 2009

Woman looking at her teeth

September 4, 2009

Couple crossing the street
September 4, 2009

Fading sticker of flag
September 4, 2009

Rodrigo y Gabriela
Wonderful guitar duo from Mexico City
September 4, 2009

Man wearing a sarape
September 3, 2009

Ad for De Soto Hotel
Siesta rate: $20.00 for a two (2) hour stay.
Convenietly located downtown for those of you who need to take
a siesta on your lunch hour!
September 3, 2009

Man with glasses on his head
September 3, 2009

Woman looking at herself in a mirror
September 3, 2009

Man crossing the street
September 3, 2009

Couple with shy dog
September 3, 2009

Man with black t-shirt
September 3, 2009

Woman looking at her notes
September 3, 2009

Laptop on dashboard
September 1, 2009

Woman with white tank top
September 1, 2009

Woman with bottle in her hand
September 1, 2009

Man in a green uniform
September 1, 2009

Red Mustang
September 1, 2009

Woman on the phone
September 1, 2009

Man waiting in the street corner
September 1, 2009

Woman with phone in hand
September 1, 2009

Woman with umbrella in hand
September 1, 2009

Man with red helmet
September 1, 2009

Woman with plucked eyebrows
September 1, 2009

Woman going around a man
August 27, 2009

Man and woman having an argument
August 27, 2009

Woman with long necklace
August 27, 2009

Woman in yellow scooter
August 27, 2009

Man smiling
August 26, 2009

Man with purple pants
August 26, 2009

Woman on a bicycle
August 26, 2009

Woman with brown and green necklace
August 24, 2009

Man and woman with Woody in backseat
August 24, 2009

Young woman with black bag
August 24, 2009

Beetle with horns
August 24, 2009

Man putting handkerchief in his pocket
August 24, 2009

Man sitting on a bench
August 24, 2009

Man with blue backpack
August 24, 2009

Woman with umbrella
August 24, 2009

Woman with dust mask
August 24, 2009

Women on a yellow scooter
August 24, 2009

Last Year at Marienbad, 1961
Directed by French new wave director Alain Resnais.
August 23, 2009