DON BARTLETTI'S PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHY

Buzzards and children compete for scraps at the Tegucigalpa, Honduras, landfill. Boys scavenge for anything they can eat or sell. Northbound freight trains through Mexico are crowded with Hondurans fleeing poverty and in search of work or a relative in the U.S.


I attended an opening of a photo exhibit which explored the plight of immigrant border crossers from various parts of Latin America. This photographer took two months to travel with these immigrants as he chronicled their journey through his lenses. What he captured was a sensitive yet shocking depiction of the harsh realities that these immigrants face everyday as they try to cross the U.S. border to realize their dreams. It's such a topical issue now, but the bottom line is there has to be a HUMANE approach in dealing with this issue. There aren't any easy answers....



Bartletti won the 2003 Pulitzer for feature photography for documenting the lives of Central American immigrants finding their way to the United States.