Leonard photographed sections of and moments along the roughly 2000 km stretch of the Río Bravo/Rio Grande flowing southeast from the twin cities of El Paso/Ciudad Juarez to the Gulf of Mexico that demarcates the USA and Mexico.
Leonard’s Río Bravo/Rio Grande is a complex entity: an entanglement of historical and political interests and abrasive human intrusions. Its deep geological history is only occasionally apparent. There are images that edge towards landscape photography, particularly near the end of the exhibition as the river is photographed slipping through flatlands closing in on the coast. However, any impression
