OPINION: DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Bringing to light the untold — and untrue — stories behind the pictures

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Marlyn Diaz, left, and Edgar Campos walk under the Central Avenue bridge along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque Monday, July 21, 2025.
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Albuquerque Baseball Academy catcher Santiago Long misses the throw at home plate and allows D-BAT United’s Owen Skinner to score a run in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday at the Connie Mack World Series in Farmington.

“Trudging hand in hand through the Rio Grande’s sand. Sadly no fishing today. The river’s bone dry, but as I look to the sky, I see our monsoon is on its way!”

Yvonne Cox

Albuquerque

“Hand in hand in the sand in the middle of the Rio Grande, ‘wait a minute where’s the water?’”

Jessica Lee M

Albuquerque

“Whaddya say we put some wheels on our kayak?”

Mark Yarnelle

Albuquerque

“Isn’t climate change romantic? We get to take a walk — not by the river — but on the actual Rio Grande river bed .”

Don DeNoon

Albuquerque

“I think I just stepped on a silvery minnow.”

Jake Abernathy

Albuquerque

“If we’re ever going to find Jimmy Hoffa, now would be the time!”

Robert Wayne

Albuquerque

“Not exactly like walking into the sunset, but it’ll do.”

Ninette Mordaunt

Albuquerque

“I thought we left our shopping cart under this overpass, nope. It must be the next one.”

Charles Lyon

Los Lunas

“So, um, yeah. That, um, sports betting thing dried up too.”

Lenny Snow

Albuquerque

“This is a lot faster than driving through all the construction zones.”

Bruce Weber

Las Cruces

“Get ready to run, I hear the flash flood coming!”

Michael Pacheco

Albuquerque

“Alone at last. I think we finally lost everyone.”

Joan Newman

Albuquerque

“It’s the end of the world ... and I feel fine!”

Stephanie Talahongva

Albuquerque

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