Not Only Just Coffee

Scene from "Not Only Just Coffee"

"Not Only Just Coffee" is an experimental and personal documentary exploring themes of immigration, death and media along the U.S./Mexico border and beyond. Coffee serves as a centerpiece to understand and connect cultures, histories and people throughout the work.

Video and still images, which play off of each other in the piece, were shot in Arizona, Mexico and New Mexico.

In this work, a first-person critique of experiences as a photojournalist serve as an entrance to large issues and small connections.

By sharing this privileged proximity to the "news" and traumatic death the viewer is invited on the journey. Along the way, ideas of "language" and "truth" are challenged as are small and large actions in daily life and major world events.