Jen Reel is a multimedia editor for the Texas Observer, and she’s created an online photo gallery. There, people looking for missing loved ones can scan through images of belongings found alongside unidentified people who’ve died trying to cross the border in South Texas.
She tells Michael Hagerty about the project, which is called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name.
MORE: Database of Exhumed Objects Aims To ID Migrants Who Perished (NPR)
- A stuffed lion, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A pair of socks, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A crucifix, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A wrestling mask, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- An inhaler, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A Guinness t-shirt, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A locket, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A cell phone, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A bra, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A keychain, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A baseball, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
- A backpack, part of an online photo database called Yo Tengo Nombre — or I Have a Name, which uses photographs of found objects to help identify the remains of those who’ve died trying to cross the Texas-Mexico border. (Photo Credit: Jen Reel/Texas Observer)
