Eros Hoagland’s Photographs of the Mexican Drug War Along the Border

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A Reckoning at the Frontier

The human toll of Mexico’s violent drug trade is portrayed in haunting, cinematic fashion by Eros Hoagland. His images — and how he works — reflect that struggle, as well as a more personal one.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/a-reckoning-at-the-frontier/

“I wanted to develop my own desert look,” said Mr. Hoagland, 43. “I was unsure how the journalistic community would take it. It was a form of manipulation. They’d say, ‘That’s not how things look.’ But to me, the way things felt kind of trumped that concern.”