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Events Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures - March 7, 2013 • Essay Contest Information (PDF)
"The War Next Door" Schedule of Events (PDF) PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Dominic Bracco II A graduate of UT Arlington, Dominic Bracco II now works as a photojournalist based in Mexico City. His collection of thirty photographs, “Life and Death in the Northern Pass,” present a poignant and moving portrait of Ciudad Juárez, a city that has been especially hard hit by Mexico’s drug wars. Bracco’s photographs have been exhibited in London and Washington D.C., and published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Texas Monthly, among others. He has been honored with a Pictures of the Year International Award and received a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting. PRESENTATION Dominic Bracco II
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John Burnett John Burnett will discuss his reporting from the front lines of the Drug Wars, drawing upon his extensive coverage of the subject for National Public Radio. He will explore the social consequences for Mexico and the United States of the drug war, which last year resulted in the deaths of more than 3,000 in Ciudad Juarez alone. His lecture will complement the Dominic Bracco photo exhibit, “Life and Death in the Northern Pass,” which documents the devastating effects of drug trafficking violence along the Texas-Mexico border and will be on display on the 6th floor of the library during the fall. Based in Austin, Burnett is a reporter for National Public Radio, where he has worked since 1986. Although he has covered major news stories around the world and at home, including war zones in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan and Hurricane Katrina, he specializes on the issues and people of the Southwest United States and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. His reports are heard regularly on NPR’s award-winning news magazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.
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Shaul Schwarz The impact of drug trafficking on Mexican music, film, and other forms of entertainment are the focus of “Narco Cultura,” a documentary by photo journalist and film-maker Shaul Schwarz. Based in New York City, Schwarz is a contract photographer for Time magazine. He has covered crises in Africa, Haiti, and the Middle East. In addition to Time, his work has appeared in such major international publications as National Geographic, Newsweek, and the New York Times. “Narco Cultura” is Schwarz’s second documentary. Although the film is not scheduled for release until February, 2012, Schwarz will discuss and show clips of his work, the product of two and a half years of research.
• Helen McLure, Center Speaker Series • Karl May and The West • Former State Historian to Speak at UT Arlington • La Tierra y su Gente: The Rio Grande Photographs of Robert Runyon • "Images of Conflict," UT Arlington Special Collections (SLIDESHOW) • Mexico: The Revolution and Beyond: Photographs from the Casasola Archives • The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910-1940 • Remembering the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 • Texas Map Society |
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