In a cover story for High Country News, photographer Bear Guerra documents the tension in US Border Control’s dual mission to detain and deport migrants and to rescue those in distress.
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Notre Dame features Guerra’s peace work
A profile on the website of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies looks at Bear Guerra’s career documenting globalization, human rights, social justice, and environmental justice issues around the world.
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Into the Memory Field
Homelands’ Bear Guerra’s photos and photo collages accompany an essay on time, memory, land, and language by American Book Award-winning Diné poet Jake Skeets in Emergence Magazine.
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Photo Essay: Dark skies
Bear Guerra explores what darkness means for humanity and the planet in a 40-image essay for Emergence Magazine.
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Bear takes new post at High Country News
We are pleased to announce that Roberto (Bear) Guerra has been named photo editor of High Country News. Bear is an award-winning documentary photographer and photojournalist whose work addresses globalization, development, and social and environmental …
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KCRW launches “Going Gray in LA”
One of Los Angeles’ NPR affiliates, KCRW, has launched Bear and Rux’s year-long multi-platform project about aging in the city’s working-class and immigrant neighborhoods. “Going Gray in LA: Stories of Aging along Broadway” is part …
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Bear Guerra and his muse
There’s a sweet write-up about Homelands’ Bear Guerra on the Dispatches from Latin America section of the American Illustration and American Photography (AI-AP) website. Bear was recently honored in the group’s Latin America Fotografía competition …
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Guidi and Guerra win environmental reporting prize for work in Panama
The environmental website Mongabay.org has selected Homelands producer-members Ruxandra Guidi and Bear Guerra for a Special Reporting Initiative award for their multimedia project on climate change and community forestry in Panama. Ruxandra and Bear have reported from the area before, for …
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(In)Visible project launches in San Diego
Just a quick heads up about the (In)Visible Project led by photographer and multimedia artist Bear Guerra. The project creates mobile physical exhibits featuring photos and audio of San Diego’s homeless population. It got great …
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Indigenous Groups Weigh Risks in Climate Strategy
A new post on the National Geographic blog takes a look at the climate change mitigation strategy known as REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) from the perspective of two indigenous groups who will …
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Please Support our Friends at Fonografia Collective
If you believe in the power of multimedia documentary, you’ll want to check out Fonografia Collective. It’s a partnership between a photographer, Bear Guerra, and a print and audio journalist, Ruxandra Guidi, and they do …