Mi Voz
One of the oldest settled places of North America, the Presidio, Texas/Ojinaga, Mexico region known as La Junta de Los Rios is both a complex political environment and a beautiful oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. These photographs and maps were made in 2009 by youth living on this border as a way to complicate the often stark and singular way the border is depicted. A series of twelve postcards were created to share the intimate relationship they hold with this place.
One of the oldest settled places of North America, the Presidio, Texas/Ojinaga, Mexico region known as La Junta de Los Rios is both a complex political environment and a beautiful oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. These photographs and maps were made in 2009 by youth living on this border as a way to complicate the often stark and singular way the border is depicted. A series of twelve postcards were created to share the intimate relationship they hold with this place.
![Hector](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d32ab76c04357fb23d5938853d0917d893a3fa19748a2c9082b00d650bb52ed/mivoz-1.jpg)
![Ana](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/836ee469e691786366a9af2838212686c98bb72d7a953d33925759009e169b13/mivoz-30.jpg)
![Aimee](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/946687895b55098b0188a881946175d939d28c4239ce50b1344690526d55517d/mivoz-55.jpg)
![Kevin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37cf95061cc159377b331d59186e2e8c18a9e583ddcd107319ed29dfd2fc8eb9/mivoz-18.jpg)
![Kevin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/020238e6fd493cfd020fd2c53aea511e630923a4947ce7f647954642bf837d45/mivoz-30-2.jpg)
![Jesus](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbea08bcd914cb60fe6ac947c78b0a5d620891cfb43ad4e2437dd8c27b1cdf2d/work-3-2.jpg)
![Samantha](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe9a83582f17a9fd05c660c2ee6edfc56ec3bf65346d31955f89e00bd911aff6/mivoz-32.jpg)
![Jason, Students Working on Mental Maps](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32cce9b88c2dccd274e6c2fe8c66ee41eab72e4360567da94797c6b29c9c754f/working.jpg)
![Hector](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53e91e1de20e8272d900c1effb1fa237251cd1c4b7ddc658e310c1165c2a20c5/mivoz-2.jpg)
![Hector](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c8b060607c0be959d6b2f80d2a8cb49b0809eee0547ddfa60cb8a83c60b2304/mivoz-3.jpg)
![James](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28734438e2af5ec49f41967bc248bb34acd9d2f8f3f9fa1ee5af0e51323ba73a/mivoz-4.jpg)
![Justin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0563ccac1b0d6388ec8ac6b3d98ca7ed08b23fdd03084fde00a423438d4a5eea/mivoz-10.jpg)
![Aimee](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b68213de55dbefa67ab8d60447b99eb0cbc55eb968fc0320d5693531873ef1db/mivoz-27.jpg)
![Nazareth](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68ebad903226933868fb3d2d17230aac5f5df0449d1496c0e910ad4846cd6bb5/mivoz-6.jpg)
![Ana](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ab9f5741477af77fe4ce00d73cb7babb89351802b497c36f77681ca38c27541/mivoz-5.jpg)
![Kevin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd5253ac8ddba105c08603451e4ab914767fed9547197943d19fc3e9b8937818/mivoz-21.jpg)
![Samantha](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f99e590d27e24d7cbc2085a5d5e6a768442e79fa258622d34711009be3988eb/IMG_1450-3.jpg)
![Karen R.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1dd369bce678566906d6b0f1f43277a695d1f7d20bb33a186dddb89e717b2f2/mivoz-11.jpg)
![Miguel](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/092a6d72deb5cce72c969c33e989bcf590cf61332c151497d35aa39fb3d00535/mivoz-14.jpg)
![Ashley](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5d0bb2c3efe6450d1bb1a25e4faf5c48481a88a02ac2697054423bcac8233b6/mivoz-25.jpg)
![Vivi](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a94a03d192df078ba1411685509098957338725791c25954d7bcc459f57c5969/mivoz-16.jpg)
![Ashley](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa173f389e7d5b88688cb745bd4dd10052ccf53cd6ad850c7dff77dbff19625f/mivoz-33.jpg)
![Karen O.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75cb2190ff6606b29bc8489291b6edde7dcf9dbcfd3db791d5ad404ecae0fb57/mivoz-13.jpg)
![Vivi](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d1c9954f0ed8218cdebaf927506888618bd712ffe60179fa2837add04705ff8/mivoz-15.jpg)
![Nazareth](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a2a4711d4f84b267be3d6b8ffa976a89ca1cf29ab7505781b26b073d4289eee/mivoz-7.jpg)
![Kevin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/557a56e06859fbaf8e2fd1fb4650326682b3dd1c896e10699592aa1bf8f973e0/mivoz-19.jpg)
![Presidio/Ojinaga Postcards](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/237fff432e2eb8ee1887fa15403f8b08cdc13ba3a5e11b806e4f1d15089df107/cards-4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b6b805d8da737d2873aa5995e07f2d91a97cd91ede00a2cda89fd35bf417ef7/cards-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5f7c2d9968185b2b0a1b5e756ad25655101edf89b73fae79f836e676c1153aa/cards-5.jpg)
Information:
Franco Middle School, Presidio, TX
2009
Project Leads:
Theresa Chambers, Ryan Sprott, and Jason Reed
Collaborators:
Ablyn, Kristen, Alexis, Jonathan, Viviana, Justin, James, Jesus, Nazareth, Ana, Miguel, Karen, Alejandro, Ashley, Samantha, Kevin, Aimee, and Hector