A glimpse into the border of El Paso-Cd.
Juárez like you’ve never seen it.
La Frontera: Travel Book and Trailer Video
For my 2019 Earth Day capsule, this trailer brought to life the location of the project, bringing its viewer into the border and introducing the travel book. Directed by Romina.
Score by Steve Salazar.
For the final part of the Earth Day capsule, I made a 63-page booklet that brings the audience into the border that I call home. La Frontera is a photojournalistic approach to a travel booklet exploring these borderlands. For one year I traveled back and forth, interviewing and spending time with the people and places that encompass both sides of the border. The booklet highlights everything from natural landscapes and women led art studios, to an ex-convict with a message and personal thoughts on identity and my own experience growing up there.
A bonus story shares the images of the NatGeo Earth Day capsule with interviews with each photographer.
Writing and photography by Romina unless noted.
Below you can flip through the book.
This alternate link leads to the full page digital flipbook. (Ideal for editors and easy reading)
An exhibition launch event in the M’Finda Kalunga garden in Chinatown, NYC, featured an installation throughout the garden and CBD infused fruit drinks sponsored by Rosebud CBD. This was the first time the garden opened their doors to a public event.
