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Eye on Texas

Eye on Texas: Fiesta Protesta

by Jennifer Boomer | Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:00 CST

The Voices From Both Sides festival commemorates the 2002 closure of the border crossing between Lajitas and its Mexican sister city, Paso Lajitas.

The Portico Tejas in Dallas' Fair Park.

by Steve Masker

Eye on Texas: Portico Tejas

Thu, Apr 14, 2016 |

In February's Eye on Texas feature, photographer Steve Masker captures the crumbling Art Deco glory of Fair Park's "Tejas Warrior" at the Portico Tejas....Read More

domestic worker austin

by Julia Robinson

Eye on Texas: Xiomara, a Domestic Worker Who’s ‘Invisible in Austin’

Wed, Mar 30, 2016 |

In March's Eye on Texas feature, photographer Julia Robinson follows Xiomara, an undocumented domestic worker who founded a cleaning cooperative....Read More

Uncertain, Texas

by Cooper Neill

Eye on Texas: Uncertain, Texas

Thu, Jan 21, 2016 |

Uncertain is a small hunting and fishing town on Caddo Lake that relies on tourism. Hunters travel from around the country to hunt in Uncertain because it has p...Read More

South Texas Family Residential Center

by Ilana Panich-Linsman

Eye on Texas: Family Detention

Tue, Dec 15, 2015 |

At one point when I was at the detention center with a New York Times reporter, women surrounded us, asking for help getting out. “Tell our stories, show...Read More

by Guillermo Hernandez Martinez

Eye on Texas: Unyielding Texas

Fri, Nov 20, 2015 |

In the Observer's November 2015 Eye of Texas, Guillermo Hernandez shoots the Guns Across America pro-gun rally at the Texas State Capitol....Read More

by Forrest Wilder

Eye on Texas: Texas Politics in Black and White

Heroes, villains and mediocrities, all captured on film.

Wed, Oct 14, 2015 |

From grainy, grim photos of early Texas patriarchs (Mirabeau Lamar, José Antonio Navarro) to Ann and Rick and W., Picturing Texas Politics is a thuddi...Read More

Bastrop fires

by Spencer Selvidge

Eye on Texas: Bastrop Wildfires

Tue, Sep 22, 2015 |

The Bastrop fires that burned in September and October of 2011 were devastating. After they were put out, I had the opportunity to document the damage from the ...Read More

by Laura Buckman

Eye on Texas: Flex Time

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 |

Combining her own experience and the access she has as a photographer, Laura Buckman embarks on her dream assignment, depicting what it's like for inmates to pr...Read More

Eye on Texas: Light/Rain

Tue, Jul 21, 2015 |

Photographer Jay Lee captured this image of the evening rain that came in a torrent May 26....Read More

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