David Gilbert
Writer, Photographer, Journalist
![]() Anna White takes a break during a long day harvesting potatoes near Center in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. "Usually a teardrop tattoo means you killed somebody in prison," White explains. "But mine is about my Choctaw heritage. You remember the Trail of Tears? That's what it's for." | ![]() Adams State University freshman Alisha Masterson is ushered outside by Sgt. Orlando Dordan of the Alamosa Police Department during an active shooter drill at Conour Hall. | ![]() Alex Tate, who goes by "Tater," elucidates the philosophy that led him to join the Rainbow Family, at the group's regional gathering in southern Colorado. |
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![]() Auctioneer Art Goehl at the Pinstripers Panel Auction during the Early Iron Festival in Alamosa, Colorado. | ![]() Alamosa High School agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America director Kevin Rice stands in the Vocational Agriculture building's greenhouse at the FFA Welcome Back BBQ. | ![]() Rodolfo Gonzalez, left, and Sebastian Mondragon, both 8, check the progress of their radishes in the garden dome at the Boys and Girls Club of Alamosa on Tuesday. |
![]() From left, inmates Victor Garcia, Oscar Gaspar, and Chris Salazar watch television in B-Pod of the Alamosa County Jail. | ![]() Michelle Ferrera, left, holds her adopted daughter Destiny at the Alamosa County Courthouse to celebrate National Adoption Day. | ![]() Jeff Merrion takes a break from the road at a gas station outside Phoenix. |
![]() Rusty Yelvington, lead singer of Denver band the Atomic Drifters, performs at Alamosa, Colorado's Early Iron Festival. | ![]() Heather Gibson, 23, awaits transfer to another facility at the Alamosa County Jail. | ![]() A little girl waits for the signal to migrate south during the Migration Games at the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge's Kids' Crane Festival. |
![]() Jaden Juarez, 6, clings to his mom Shareni Juarez before his first day of first grade at Alamosa Elementary School on Thursday. | ![]() Joe Young processes incoming potatoes at Mitchell Farms near Center, in southern Colorado's San Luis Valley. Much of the labor crew at Mitchell Farms is related to Young. | ![]() Joe Hix, his head covered to protect against swarms of mosquitoes, scouts for a campsite in the dry lakebed that was once Bonny Lake in eastern Colorado. |
![]() Abdul Kamara, 23, recalls the winding path that brought him from war-torn Sierra Leone to Colorado. | ![]() Casey Martinez, calling herself "Lemon Meringue," cheers runners in the 5K race at Alamosa's Mellow Yellow Lemon Run. | ![]() Erwin Young processes potatoes at Mitchell Farms near Center in Colorado's San Luis Valley. |
![]() Tom Mix of Center, a member of the San Luis Valley Antique Iron Club. | ![]() Adanisha Vigil, left, and Melanie Cox, both 12, giggle their way through the Early Iron Festival. | ![]() Jail Sergeant Royce Brubacher, an Army veteran who served in Iraq at the beginning of the invasion, displays a bologna sandwich from a transfer inmate's lunch at Alamosa County Jail. |
![]() Maggie Benton, 6, gets a hug from grandfather Norman Roberts before her first day of kindergarten preparation at Alamosa Elementary School on Thursday. | ![]() Tony Leyba enjoys the sunshine on the back patio at the La Puente homeless shelter's annual Christmas party in Alamosa. | ![]() Josiah Duran, 9, holds Mickey, a 2-year-old shelty mix donated to him through the efforts of Alamosa Police officers Steve Earls and Captain Sam Maestas, after Josiah's dog was hit by a car. |
![]() Ron Garcia, Refuge Manager, explains invasive species to guests at the grand opening of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station near Crestone, Colorado. | ![]() Isabella Cordova, 4, gets help from grandma Carla Jacquez in making an origami crane at the Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge's Kids' Crane Festival. | ![]() Gavin Hickman plays Frederick Graham/Petruchio in Alamosa High School's production of Kiss Me Kate. |