Laurie Smith at the Border

 In the November issue of The Sun magazine I came across the extraordinary work of Laurie Smith which I had not known before.  Her photo essay about immigrants at the southern border is all black and white, and apparently done with some kind of Leica. 

Smith's career as a photographer was built mostly on 30 years making magazine food photographs, which is perhaps the reason I did not find her earlier.  Meanwhile, she has apparently done a lot of photography along the Southwest border with Mexico.  Her essay, At The Border, is by far the best I have seen on the subject.  She has also done some excellent color work in Haiti.