PHOTO ESSAY 5July 19,2010www.thebridgenewspaper.com

By Andrea Martinez

The Bridge Photographer

Sofia is a warm-hearted lov-ing eight year old who enjoyshappiness. Her personality isquite complex and yet beauti-ful in so many ways. She isalmost always happy andcheery. Just her presence in aroom brings the people

around her great joy and con-tentment. I decided to do myphoto essay on my loving lit-tle sister because she is aninspiration in my life andtakes up a lot of space in myheart.

Sofia enjoys reading, play-ing with our huge dogs, andjust being silly. We'll spenddays together just laughing atold movies and making up

games to play when werebored. She and I will spendhours and hours alone justgoofing off and having fun inour home. Sofia is very dedi-cated and extremely precise inwhatever she does. Shealways tries to see situationsfrom others eyes and is some-one anyone can depend on.

My sister is a great inspira-tion to me because she just

lives life with an open mindand heart. She is so fun- lov-ing and friendly that I feel likeI can go to her for anything.Her look on life is very laidback and she enjoys everymoment of every day andlives her life to the fullest. Itruly admire her creativity andknowledge for the simplest ofthings. Sofia is a great joy to have as

a sister. I really believe thatthis photo essay captures herlook at life and her capacity tolive life fully. Sofia is a hugepart of my life and I know thatshe will always be there forme with an open mind to helpme encounter my life'sdreams.

Photo by Andrea Martinez Photo by Andrea Martinez

By Sarah Castillo

The Bridge Photographer

My photo essay consists ofpictures taken in New York,Boston, and Washington.

Practicing my photography inthese amazing cities was def-initely a dream come true. Ifigured since I was not com-ing back soon, I might aswell take some lasting mem-ories home with me.

The beauty of the buildingsin the east coast, are spectac-ular works of art and archi-tecture. The architecturaldesigns vary since there havebeen many cultural influ-ences in the surrounding

area. It is unlike anything Ihave every seen. Everythingis just so surreal; it is hard tobelieve Buildings dating backto the 1800’s to modern dayAmerica can be found inthese three urban cities.

Photo by Sarah Castillo Photo by Sarah Castillo

By Mia Moran

The Bridge Photographer

I decided to focus my photoessay on Animals, because Ilove them. My photos focuson houses, dogs, and birds.This past Monday, while Iwas going home after attend-ing camp, I saw horses acrossfrom TAMIU on the otherside of the loop. There werefour beautiful brown and

white horses. I love them somuch that I had to stop to takephotos of them. When I foundthem, they were eating grassand weeds. When I got out ofthe car the horses looked atme and them like me. On that same day, my momand I went to visit my greatgreat aunt caregiver Meche.She lives across the river inNuevo Laredo. At her home,upstairs Meche has one cagewith two parakeet one green

and one white. These kinds ofanimals are like parrots, butsmaller. Meche calls themwith the Spanish name LosPericos. In that same house, a14 year old dog name Cucalives with Meche. Cuca hasblack eyes, half yellow-halfwhite hair, about one foot tall.She has a stomach tumor, butshe‘s not in pain. We are allworry about her health. Iwanted to take photos of herbecause I love her, because

she has cut Beebe eyes.On Tuesday, I went to seeBuddy and Nuttey after camp.They are the cutest dogs ever.Buddy is a Labrador as big asa lion. He has black eyes andyellow hair. He was but by aboy name Alex. Then Alexgives to Mark who is the cur-rent owner. The name Buddywas given to the dog by Alex.Buddy loves Mark a lot, wholikes to lay down with Buddy.He loves to destroy/tarring

toys for fun. Buddy like to eathis dog food with milk. Nuttyalso like to eat the same way.Nutty is a mutt from the BuilTerrier family and resemblesa Chupacabra. A Chupacabrais the name of a monster fromMexico who drinks goatsblood. The nickname chu-pacabra was given by Markhis owner. Buddy and Nuttyare uncle Mark’s dogs whichare named after an ice creamdesert.

Photo by Mia Moran Photo by Mia Moran

Animals I Love

East Coast Buildings

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