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Exhibition - Crossings: Photographs from the US-Mexico Border 

Alex Webb 

Many North Americans perceive the U.S.-Mexico border as a fence or a wall, some sort of barrier erected to keep out the peoples to the south. And since 1995, when a more protectionist U.S. immigration policy was enacted, and further intensified in 2001 by fears of terrorism in a post 9-11 world, the border has seemed more like a barrier than perhaps ever before.

However, if one takes the long view, one realizes that the nature of the border - especially the degree of its porousness - has always reflected changes in U.S. attitudes toward Mexico and the outside world. The pendulum of U.S. immigration... 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Matamoros, Tamaulipas. 1978. Nightclub. 

Alex Webb 1975

MEXICO. Juarez. Chihuahua. 1975. 

Alex Webb 1978

USA. Roma, Texas. 1978. 

Alex Webb 1975

USA. West Texas. 1975. Mexican Cleaning Swimming Pool. Illegal... 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Nuevo Progresso. 1978. Prostitutes. 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Juarez. 1978. 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Ciudad Camargo. 1978. 

Alex Webb 1978

USA. Texas. South Padre Island. 1978. 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Camargo. Tamaulipas. 1978. Inside nightclub. 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Ciudad Acuna . 1978. Inside nightclub. 

Alex Webb 1978

MEXICO. Matamoros. 1978. Cemetary. 

Alex Webb 1992

USA. California, Border Field State Park. 1992. At the border... 

Alex Webb 1979

USA. San Ysidro, Ca. Mexican children playing with kite on the... 

Alex Webb 1979

MEXICO. Naco, Sonora (Border). 1979. Outside a nightclub.

Alex Webb 1995

MEXICO. Playa de Tijuana. 1995. At the border fence. 

Alex Webb 1979

MEXICO. Tijuana. Shadows of Mexicans lined up to get border crossing... 

Alex Webb 1992

USA. California. San Ysidro. 1992. Potential border crosser resting... 

Alex Webb 1992

MEXICO. Tijuana, B.C. 1992. Mexicans hanging out around a hole... 

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. At the border fence waiting to cross. 

Alex Webb 1992

MEXICO. Tijuana, B.C. 1992. Waiting prior to trying to cross... 

Alex Webb 1979

USA. California. San Ysdiro. 1979. Waiting to travel north. 

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Vendor at border fence. 

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Night at the border fence. 

Alex Webb 1995

Outskirts of Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Maquilla worker housing being... 

Alex Webb 1979

USA. New Mexico. Antelope Wells. 1979. Vaquero resting and eating... 

Alex Webb 1995

Outskirts of Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Colonia Mariana Matamoros. 

Alex Webb 1999

MEXICO. Naco, Sonora. 1999. Child playing.

Alex Webb 1997

USA. Texas. Near Los Indios. 1997.

Alex Webb 1995

Outskirts of Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Colonia Mariana Matamoros. 

Alex Webb 1995

Nogales, Sonora. 1995. 

Alex Webb 1982

USA. Texas. Ysleta. 1982. Children playing.

Alex Webb 1995

Outskirts of Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Colonia Mariana Matamoros. 

Alex Webb 1995

Nogales, Sonora. 1995. Families living in freight cars. 

Alex Webb 1982

USA. Texas. El Paso. 1982.

Alex Webb 1995

MEXICO. Mexicali, B.C. 1995. 

Alex Webb 1995

Mexicali, B.C. 1995. Hanging out at International Point of Entry.... 

Alex Webb 1979

USA. Texas. El Paso. 1979. Inside bus. 

Alex Webb 1996

MEXICO. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. 1996. 

Alex Webb 1997

USA. Texas. Brownsville. 1997. Fiesta. 

Alex Webb 1995

Nogales, Sonora. 1995. Swap meet. 

Alex Webb 1979

MEXICO. Nogales, Sonora (Border). 1979. 

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Zebra mule for tourists. 

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Elvis velvet art. 

Alex Webb 2001

MEXICO. Agua Prieta, Sonora. 2001. Cleaning a cafe. 

Alex Webb 1995

Nogales, Sonora. 1995. Halloween in supermarket. 

Alex Webb 1997

MEXICO. Matamoros, Tamaulipas. 1997. Shriner parade.

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Tourist bar. 

Alex Webb 1999

MEXICO. Nogales, Sonora. 1999.

Alex Webb 1995

MEXICO. Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Mirror vendor. 

Alex Webb 1991

MEXICO. Tijuana. 1991. Tourist center display.

Alex Webb 1997

USA. Brownsville, TX. 1997. Charro Days Festival.

Alex Webb 1997

USA. Texas. Brownsville. 1997. Charro Days Festival. 

Alex Webb 1979

USA. Texas. El Paso, (Border). 1979. Hanging out near the border... 

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Wrestlers. 

Alex Webb 1991

MEXICO. Tijuana. 1991. 

Alex Webb 1995

MEXICO. Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Race track zoo. 

Alex Webb 2001

MEXICO. Agua Prieta, Sonora. 2001. Tourist items at the border.... 

Alex Webb 1995

MEXICO. Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Tijauna-Tecate highway. 

Alex Webb 1997

USA. Texas. Brownsville. 1997. Charro Days Festival.

Alex Webb 1995

Tijuana, B.C. 1995. Checkers. 
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