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Cynthia Farah
Cynthia Weber Farah Haines (born 1949) is an American photographer and writer. She is best known for her work on documenting Southwestern United States, Southwest writers and art and life in El Paso, Texas. Farah has also taught at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where she was involved with the university's first film studies program. Biography Farah was born in Long Island City, Long Island to a military family, and came to El Paso, Texas, El Paso when she was ten. She earned her bachelor's degree from Stanford University, majoring in communications. Later, Farah worked as a production assistant to Otto Preminger, and she worked on his film, ''Such Good Friends'' (1971). She moved back to El Paso where she studied for an advanced degree at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). She also married into the Farah family, the owners of the Farah Manufacturing Company. In 1989, Farah became an associate member of the Western Writers of America. She started a three-year te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwestern United States
The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. The largest cities by metropolitan area are Phoenix, Las Vegas, El Paso, Albuquerque, and Tucson. Prior to 1848, in the historical region of Santa Fe de Nuevo México as well as parts of Alta California and Coahuila y Tejas, settlement was almost non-existent outside of Nuevo México's Pueblos and Spanish or Mexican municipalities. Much of the area had been a part of New Spain and Mexico until the United States acquired the area through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the smaller Gadsden Purchase in 1854. While the region's boundaries are not officially defined, there have been attempts to do so. One such definition is from the Mojave Desert in California in the west (117° west longitude) t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
