Scott Baxter traveled across Arizona photographing ranching families that have been around since the state's birth. This mythos of the American West serves as inspiration for a new centennial exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art entitled "100 Years 100 Ranchers: Photographs by Scott Baxter."
Source: Arizona Illustrated: Photographer Strives to Capture Vanishing Culture
Showing posts with label ranchers. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Border Ranching At It's Worst
Things were safer when it was only illegal immigrants seeking work who crossed into Arizona border ranches, but with drug smuggling becoming pervasive, ranchers now fear for their lives. According to the Arizona Daily Star's, THE BORDER: LIFE THEN AND NOW, ranchers in Southern Arizona's smuggling corridors used to have a "live and let live" relationship with the numerous illegal border crossers. Now, it's become too dangerous to be polite.
But, don't just take my word for it. Here's a recent incident between Mexican drug smugglers and an Arizona border rancher caught on video -
But, don't just take my word for it. Here's a recent incident between Mexican drug smugglers and an Arizona border rancher caught on video -
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