Through the lens: El Paso Times best visual moments that captured 2023
Omar Ornelas, Gabriela Velasquez and Alberto Silva Fernandez, El Paso Times
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El Paso Times photographers head to the field every day to capture our unique world in the Borderland. They use their skills to freeze special moments from our community's most compelling stories.
Sometimes they capture sorrow, heartbreak and disappointment. They also capture new beginnings, determination, and success. Some of these moments fade in time, other moments, however, find a place in El Paso's long, colorful history.
Many of these images tell the story of El Paso's spirit, challenges and values as a diverse community in a seemingly cold, black-and-white world.
This month-by-month collection of top photos — only a few of the thousands of photos captured by our visual journalists from locations near and far — shows that 2023 might stand out for its big moments in politics, justice against racism, farewells, stardom and cultural preservation.
January
After months of calls to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden spent several hours learning about the work of CBP agents and officers and reviewing conditions created by mass migration. El Paso also said goodbye to longtime police chief Greg Allen.
A mass shooter received 90 life sentences for killing 23 people and injuring dozens more in 2019 at an El Paso Walmart store. The white supremacist targeted Hispanics shopping on a Saturday morning.
A Mass is held in honor of a record 149 migrants who died in the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, which includes El Paso, parts of West Texas and all of New Mexico. The number does not include the 40 migrants killed in the Juárez detention center fire.
December
UTEP volleyball team gave the community something to cheer about by reaching the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. Sell-out crowds showed up to support the team.
Clark set the Indiana Fever’s franchise record for turnovers (10), shot 5-of-15 from the floor and struggled with the Connecticut Sun’s physical defense.
Gottlieb's repeatedly courted controversy in his media role and will reportedly continue to host his nationally syndicated radio show while coaching Green Bay.
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