Border week: A U.S. photographer's eye on Baja California - A look at notable events through Nov. 10
From The San Diego Union Tribune
By Sandra Dibble
"One step back, two steps forward," is the name of an exhibit that opens Friday in Tijuana featuring two dozen black-and-white photographs by the U.S.
photographer, David Maung.
The pieces include images of a runner on a beach, a girl on a swing, the reflection of trees in a pond. "They're all shots of open spaces, a little
bit lonely," said Maung, 51, who has lived in Tijuana for the past 17 years. "They show stagnation and movement at the same time."
Born in Chicago, raised in Minnesota and California, Maung took up photography while attending Humboldt State. After years of using digital cameras,
Maung returned to film to capture these images. "When you shoot film, you see things differently. It was a chance to sit back and relax a little bit
and think about what I was doing."
Maung has covered headline-grabbing topics such as drug violence and illegal immigration in his work as a freelancer for the UT San Diego and other
news outlets. But he has also worked persistently to to capture images of everyday life. "It's important to try to find the big picture in covering
little things," he said.
The exhibit opens at 8 p.m. at Espacio Freelance, a gallery inside Pasaje Rodríguez, located between Third and Fourth Streets off of Avenida
Revolución. It will run through Nov. 30th.
Other notable events this week on the San Diego-Tijuana border:
Tuesday through Saturday: The 19th Hispanic-American Guitar Festival includes concerts, lectures workshops and master classes. Among the highlights:
Inaugural Concert featuring guitarist Nadezhda Borislova (Russsia-Mexico) and pianist Emilio Casco (Mexico) on Tuesday a 7 p.m. at the Casa de la
Cultura de Tijuana. The closing concert features Mexican guitarist Pablo Gómez and guests at the Tijuana Cultural Center (Cecut) at 8 p.m. Saturday.
All concerts are free.
Wednesday: The Tijuana dance ensemble Lux Boreal performs "Lamb" by the the Australian choreographer Phillip Adams. At the Cecut at 8 p.m. Tickets are
150 pesos (about $12).
Wednesday through Friday: The tenth Human Rights Forum of the Jesuit university system takes place at Iberoamerican University's campus in Playas de
Tijuana. Investigative journalist Sanjuana Martínez, author of "Frontera del Narco," is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Loyola
Auditorium.
Wednesday through Saturday: The tenth Festival of Northwest Literature includes poetry readings, a discussion of the Mexican horror novel, a
discussion about cultural journalism, workshops on literary creativity. At various locations."
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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