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Del Rio, Texas, 2011 by Alec Soth. “Sam Shepard’s script for Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas begins: “A fissured, empty, almost lunar landscape–seen from a bird’s-eye view. The camera hovers over it.” I thought of this scene often while photographing from the rooftop of an RV in the border town of Del Rio, Texas. I also thought of the film’s opening lines: “Do you know which side of the border you’re on?” Looking at the otherworldly landscape from above, this question seems more metaphorical than geographic. The border I’m most interested in crossing is the one between ordinary life and dreams”. (Photo by Alec Soth/Magnum Photos)
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