Five Image-Texts
Seth Horton
Notes
Page 1 (source text): U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. "Customs Directive No. 2310-010A: Detention and Seizure Authority for Copyright and Trademark Violations.” https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2310-010a_3.pdf.
Page 1 (images): The top right image is from “President George W. Bush in a U.S. Border Patrol Dune Buggy.” National Archives Identifier: 7369375. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7369375. It is without any known copyright restrictions. I’ve edited the image by changing the color to grayscale and cropping it. The bottom right image is from “Earthquake-Calexico, Calif., April 7, 2010—US Border Patrol Agents Keep a Tight Perimeter of the Damaged Businesses and Public Facilities to Mitigate Looting and Theft.” National Archives Identifier: 7853678. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7853678. It is without any known copyright restrictions. I’ve edited the image by cropping it and changing the color to grayscale.
Page 2 (source text): U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. "Customs Directive No. 3120-002A: Financial Responsibility; Foreign Domiciled Carriers.” https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/3120-002a_3.pdf.
Page 2 (image): “E37391.” National Archives Identifier: 207315463. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/207315463. It is without any known copyright restrictions. I’ve edited the image by washing out the color.
Page 3 (source text): U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. "Customs Directive No. 3230-044: Quota and Duty Refund Requests: TPLs/TRQs." https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/3230-044_3.pdf.
Page 3 (image): “Brena Weaving Factory, Oaxaca, Mexico.” National Archives Identifier: 205737211. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/205737211. It is without any known copyright restrictions. I’ve edited the image by cropping it, splicing it into three pieces, and changing the color to grayscale.
Page 4 (source text): U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. "Customs Directive No. 3240-036A: In-Bond Procedures and Customs Form 7512 Preparation Instructions." https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2017-Nov/3240-036A.pdf.
Page 4 (image): “This Weird Figure Is a Chemical Warfare Man Carrying Two Sulphur Trioxide Smoke Bombs.” National Archives Identifier: 204947726. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/204947726. It is without any known copyright restrictions. I’ve edited the image by cropping it.
Page 5 (source text): U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. "Customs Directive No. 3260-037A: Policy to Combat Losses and Insure Prompt Delivery of Carted and Lightered Goods." https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/3260-037a_3.pdf.
D. Seth Horton was born on the U.S.-México border, earned his MFA from the University of Arizona, wrote his dissertation on modernist literature in the American Southwest, and founded the anthology series, New Stories from the Southwest. His latest book is a forthcoming collection of experimental stories set throughout the U.S.-Mexico borderlands entitled, On a NASA Flight to Heaven (TCU Press, 2024). His work has appeared in more than sixty publications, including the Michigan Quarterly Review and Glimmer Train. Two of his stories have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He currently teaches creative writing and American literature at the University of Virginia.