Laurie Smith
Laurie Smith lives in Colorado but is often on the road, chronicling immigration on the West Texas–Mexico borderlands. For more than thirty years she has also traveled around the world photographing food and culture for publications, including Food & Wine and Saveur.
Photography
One Landscape Divided
President Trump’s increased militarization of the US border with Mexico is certainly a step beyond those taken by the past few administrations—and in line with the family-separation policies the first Trump White House deployed. But the detainment of people fleeing violence, poverty, and persecution is not unique to this moment.
November 2025
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