Comments on: El Paso (Before/After)

By: David

David — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:51:48 +0000

I lived in El Paso from 1988 to 1996. Coming from a rather unremarkable small suburban town, I walked endlessly the fascinating streets of El Paso and Cd. Juarez, including traversing this street corner many times. I think I experienced the tail end of the period captured by Stephen Shore’s 1975 photo. It still looked remarkably similar to his photo even in 1988. After NAFTA in 1993 and the subsequent militarization of the border, it began to rapidly change and appear much as it does today. Now there are plans to raze about 75% of the downtown area in an effort at revitalization. It’s sad really. Preservation is not really an issue to El Pasoans.

By: Michael David Murphy

Michael David Murphy — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:15:00 +0000

Beating a dead horse, here’s an unremarkable negative I just scanned from a month ago, crossfaded with Stephen Shore’s from 1975.

By: Michael David Murphy

Michael David Murphy — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:43:11 +0000

A couple of other not so interesting examples here.

By: Nils Jorgensen

Nils Jorgensen — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:42:13 +0000

Fascinating. A whole project or book’s worth. I want to see more famous photo places now.