Photo Editing

50 before and after photos show how much Austin has changed in the last 20 years

In 2017, workers were in the early stages of turning a former railyard into a transit-oriented, mixed-use development between East Fourth and Fifth streets. The Plaza Saltillo district now stands on the six-block area just across Interstate 35 from downtown. – Jay Janner / Austin American-Statesman

Family flees Texas to protect transgender daughter

The 6-year-old twins look out the window as they prepare to leave Austin, Texas on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.
Mikala Compton/American-Statesman

Austin’s most memorable moments of 2024 through the lens of Statesman photojournalists

Emotional scenes from Austin show what it’s like to experience homelessness

Rose Landrum, 58, who has been homeless for four years, cries in her encampment near South Congress Avenue Thursday April 25, 2024. Landrum has found it difficult to seek homeless services because of her severe social anxiety.
Jay Janner / American-Statesman

News

  • Border patrol agent Joe Romero directs a group of women and children from Ecuador to another agent for transport Tuesday, Feb. 18, by the east bridge near Staton bride in El Paso. The women turned themselves in with their children.
  • People in the Uvalde community come together at a memorial at Robb Elementary School Wednesday, May 25, 2022. At least 19 students and two adults died in a shooting at a Robb elementary school Tuesday, marking the deadliest school shooting in the state’s history.
  • Blanca Fronteria holds a cross for Walmart shooting victim Juan de Dios Vel‡quez Chairez during the El Paso Firme and Border Network for Human Rights gathering at the original Walmart memorial Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in El Paso. A gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso killing 23 and injuring several others Aug. 3, 2019.
  • Eddie Cano, La Potencia De Dios church member, becomes emotional talking to the crowd at the vigil outside Walmart Tuesday, Aug. 6, in El Paso.
  • Denise Melton cheers during Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke’s speech during the El Paso Strong rally Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Washington Park in El Paso. President Donald Trump visited El Paso.
  • Family and friends of Arturo Benavides gather Tuesday, Aug. 13, to pay their respects at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Benavides was a decorated U.S. Army Veteran.
  • People arrive at MacArthur Elementary looking for family and friends as the school is being used a re-unification center during the aftermath of a shooting at the Walmart in the Cielo Vista Mall area Saturday, Aug. 3, in El Paso.
  • Border patrol agents apprehend two Ecuadorian migrants at the border fence near Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway Tuesday, Feb. 18, in El Paso.
  • United Constitutional Patriots – New Mexico Border Ops Monday, April 22, in Anapra, N.M. Sundland Park police and Union Pacific police say they will no longer be able to camp at their current site on Union Pacific property and will need to vacate by Friday.
  • James, did not want to give last name, speaks to protesters while Richard Madrid, back left, and Fsinot Pierre, back right, record the protest Monday, July 1, at the Border Patrol station in Clint. U.S. and Texas lawmakers held a press conference about the area border facilities they toured at the Clint Border Patrol station.
  • Border patrol agent Joe Romero escorts four unattended migrant children from Ecuador to another agent for transport Tuesday, Feb. 18, by the east bridge near Staton bride in El Paso. The children were waiting by the border fence on the Mexico side alone until agent Romero approached them and began asking them where they were trying to go. The children told agent Romero they did not have parents with them.
  • The border Tuesday, Feb. 18, in El Paso.
  • People gather in front of the Museum of the Revolution in Juarez for a protest march demanding justice for the murdered Juarez artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas Saturday, Jan. 25, near the Paso Del Norte Bridge.
  • Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke visits the Clint Border patrol facility Sunday, June 30, to speak about the alleged mistreatment of the children at the station.
  • People cross the Paso Del Norte International Bridge during a protest demanding justice for the murdered Juarez artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas Saturday, Jan. 25, near the Paso Del Norte Bridge.
  • Family members grieve after car crash involving a Border Patrol chase that happened at 2:17 a.m. Thursday, June 25, in Downtown El Paso. Sgt. Robert Gomez said seven people died and three were transported to hospitals.
  • Evy Scout Houghton, left, and Finley Houghton, right, talk to each other while looking at the vigil outside Walmart Tuesday, Aug. 6, in El Paso. Evy and Finley’s dad, an El Paso native, said they don’t understand what is going on but they are afraid they are going to get shot going outside after the shootings at Walmart Saturday, Aug. 3.
  • People in the Uvalde community come together at a memorial at Robb Elementary School Wednesday, May 25, 2022. At least 19 students and two adults died in a shooting at a Robb elementary school Tuesday, marking the deadliest school shooting in the state’s history.
  • Horizon High School holds a vigil for Javier Rodriguez Monday, Aug. 5, at the high school football field. Rodriguez is a former student who was killed Saturday while shopping with his uncle at Walmart. He just started his sophomore year at Horizon.
  • People in the Uvalde community come together at a memorial at Robb Elementary School Wednesday, May 25, 2022. At least 19 students and two adults died in a shooting at a Robb elementary school Tuesday, marking the deadliest school shooting in the state’s history.
  • Brown Berets del Chuco lead a protest for George Floyd Tuesday, June 2, in downtown El Paso. The Brown Berets del Chuco organized the protest for justice for innocent people who have been killed or been victims of police brutality by law enforcement, immigrants and children who have been put in cages and died in custody, innocent lives that were taken by white supremacy and people who have been victimized by racism.
  • Young Bernie Sanders supporter Igwe Chukwu cheers during the Bernie Sanders rally Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre in El Paso.

Sports

  • Americas’ Evan Chisolm does a back flip before the team takes the field for the game against Coronado Friday, Nov. 1, at the SISD Student Activities Center in El Paso.
  • San Elizario’s Desiree Morales (4) celebrates with the team after their win against Clint Tuesday, Oct. 15, at San Elizario High School in San Elizario.
  • UT takes the field for the game against UTSA Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at the Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin.
  • Jefferson’s Tommy Cox takes a knee before the game against Austin Friday, Oct. 4, at Jefferson High School in El Paso.
  • Americas’ Aaron Dumas lands at the one yard line during the game against Amarillo Tascosa at the SISD Student Activities Complex Friday, Sept. 20, in El Paso.
  • UTEP’s Alan Busey scores a touchdown during the game against Houston Baptist Saturday, Aug. 31, in the season opener at the Sun Bowl in El Paso.
  • Clint High School football seniors Thursday, July 25, at Rogers Farms in Clint.
  • Boxer Jennifer Han goes against Jerri Sitzes Saturday, Feb. 15, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Han won by unanimous decision.
  • Briana Sanchez/ Tribune Bronwyn Tollefson, Willmar
  • UTEP’s Justin Garrett scores a touchdown during the game against Charlotte Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Sun Bowl in El Paso. Garrett had a message under his eyes that reads “RIP sister.”
  • Harrisburg’s Troy Knecht looses control of the ball as he’s tackled by Pierre’s Hudson Rohrbach (top) and Jacob Beastrom during their game Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Harrisburg. It was the completion of a game that was postponed at halftime earlier in the year.
  • South Dakota State University’s Jacob Brown catches the ball scoring a touchdown against North Dakota State University’s James Hendricks during the game Saturday, Nov.4, at Dana Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings.
  • Rapid City Central’s Kolby Kost wrestles Watertown’s Lexan Thorson in the Class “A” 170 weight class during the 2018 SDHSAA State Wrestling Championships Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
  • Dancers perform in the Sun City Dance Classic Friday, Feb. 28, at the El Paso County Coliseum.

Video

El Paso priest explains importance of Border Mass 2019

Protesters outside of the Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas

BNHR director talks about Hugs Not Walls event on the border

Protest in Juarez demanding justice for murdered Juarez artist and activist

Rogelio Sanchez State Jail pastor and jail Chaplin talk about Sunday services

South Dakota kids can legally stay home at any age, and for farmers, it’s better that way

For some, pheasant season prep starts at a preserve

Time well spent: Inmates craft winter hats for people in need

St. Joseph girl dominates at state arm wrestling

About

Briana Sanchez is a visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. She is currently the Director of Photography at the Austin American-Statesman, previously a photojournalist at the El Paso Times. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelors in journalism and is a Chips Quinn scholar. Sanchez spent the first few years of her career working as a photojournalist at small dailies in Minnesota. She then moved to South Dakota and spent time covering indigenous issues, daily news and high school and college sports. In 2019, Sanchez got the opportunity to head back home to El Paso where she worked as a photojournalist at the El Paso Times covering the border. Currently, Sanchez now lives in Austin and leads the photo team at the Austin American-Statesman who was recognized as Pulitzer Prize finalists for their Uvalde mass shooting coverage.

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