Photographer A.E. Araiza retires after 34 years with the Arizona Daily Star
Photographer A.E. "Fred" Araiza is a Tucson native with deep familial roots in Tucson and Pima County. Fred was a seasonal firefighter with Coronado National Forest right out of high school. He graduated from the University of Arizona, briefly taught high school history in Tucson and interned as a photographer at Newsday in Long Island, N.Y. He was hired at the Arizona Daily Star in 1985. Within a month, he was sent to Mexico City to cover a devastating earthquake. He was involved in many stories and photography projects about Tucson, its families and history, including his own family.
Fred retired on April 10, 2019.
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Photographs by A.E. Araiza
Fernanda Lujan, 15, left, sends a messge to a friend as Lauren Nicholas, 18, watches before the start of the Twenty One Pilots performance at the Tucson Convention Center on Feb 19, 2017.
Photographs by A.E. Araiza
World War II veteran Walter Ram holds a twisted, rusty piece of barbed wire used to imprison him inside Stalag 17B, a POW camp in Austria while in his home in Tucson on Sept 17, 2018. Ram, a Nogales, Ariz., native, first enlisted in the US Army at 16, before the war lying about his age. Ram was a radio operator and gunner who became a prisoner from 1943-1945 after being shot down during a B-17 mission over Germany.
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Leonarda Bejarano Duarte holds a candle in her bedroom where she keeps her bible, her santos and rosaries near her bed. Born along the Gila River in 1916, she began her life under a cloud of supersitition then at hard labor, poverty and discrimination as she worked picking cotton, cooking and cleaning other people's houses.
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Early morning fog surrounds the O'Rielly Chevrolet at 6160 E Broadway Blvd as parts of the city's central and east side are shrouded. The photo was taken on Sunday, February 1, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Hot weather does not seem to bother Brianna Cordova, 5, as she chases pigeons around Catalina Park in Tucson on June 5, 2017. Monday's temperature marks the first excessive heat warning of the year with highs nearing 107 degrees later this week.
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Arizona's Mandie Perez is safe at the plate as Oregon's catcher Gwen Svekis is unable to hold the ball in the first inning in Tucson on April 23, 2017. The Ducks won the game, 4-3 avoiding the sweep and handing the Wildcats their first home loss of the season.
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Mary Robinson and her two sisters from Oklahoma City, search the barren, weed strewn Section I of Holy Hope Cemetery, in Tucson, for the burial site for three of their siblings on July 11, 2018. The sisters drove to Tucson to place marble tombstones over their sister's graves but after four days they were not able to locate them. They looked in vain to find their sister's burial sites among the other unmarked graves. The three girls died a year apart between 1958-1960.
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In the last inning it is full count for Yaqui batter Francisco Moreno as he walks to the plate as Mexicali pitcher Edgar Gomez gets ready to throw a pitch during Vamos a Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta at Kino Sports Complex on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017. The Aguilas de Mexicali beat the Yaquis de Obregon 15-5.
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Horse trainer J.P. Dyal, 44, carries the Stars and Stripes around an arena as he hurries to break a mustang named Moose in less than 100 days in Tucson on June 12, 2017. He was preparing for the freestyle portion of the Extreme Mustang Makeover which took place in Reno, Nev. last week. Only the top ten finishers participated in the freestyle portion. Dyal, who was a former financial adviser turned horse trainer, finished fourth overall. He competed against other trainers as they broke mustangs so they could be adopted.
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Tucson High School senior Frieda Muller, 17, leads her fellow students during a walkout of the school to commemorate victims of the Parkland shooting and to advocate for gun safety on Mar. 14, 2018. Hundreds of students walked around the school in protest chanting slogans against the National Rifle Association and a need to end gun violence.
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Cholla's Myles Gant tries to drive between Amphi's Jackson Ruai, left, and Jerone Smith in the second period during the MLK Basketball Classic at the McKale Center in Tucson on Jan. 16, 2017. The Chargers lead the Panthers 22-10 at the half.
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Steer wrestler Clayton Tuchscherer has a tough time with is steer during the finals of the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo on Feb 26, 2017.
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The "A" on A Mountain is lit with flares signalling the start of University of Arizona Homecoming week in Tucson on Oct. 22, 2017. Members of the Bobcat Senior Honorary set up flares on the mountain as part of their tradition. Before the lighting, the UA Student Alumni Ambassadors hosted a celebration with students and alumni on top of the Main Gate Garage. The UA Alumni Band performed, Wilbur and Wilma posed for photos and pizza and drinks were aplenty.
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Capt Tom Carpenter, with the Tucson Fire Department, makes it to his escape route as he rushes to get away from the intense flames during a control burn of the Sweetwater Wetlands, 2511 W. Sweetwater Drive, on March 7, 2017. The heat was so intense he removed his helmet to shield his face.
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Barb Peck ascends the once white stairway up to the east tower of San Xavier del Bac Mission. Patronato San Xavier, a nonprofit organization that oversees the restoration of the church, is getting ready to launch the public phase of its $3 million capital campaign to restore the east tower. It is the last major structural repair which may take five years to complete. The photo was taken on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Shannon Stone, the education director at DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun, at 6300 N Swan Rd.,surveys the damage to the historic Mission in the Sun in Tucson, on May 30, 2017. The fire, which started Monday evening, heavily damaged the structure that was built in 1952. It was built in memory of Padre Eusebio Kino and dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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A brooding Gregory Leyba, 5, is not too happy even as his mother, Vanessa Ariosa tries to make things easier for him as classes start at Mission Manor Elementary School, at 600 W Santa Rosa St., in Tucson on July 27, 2016 Students throughout the Sunnyside Unified School District began the school year on Wednesday.
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A butterfly lands on the leaf of a Mexican Sweet Lime tree at the home of Kathy Marron in her small yard which has a cistern, decorated mulch container and contoured landscape featuring mostly native plants in Tucson on September 6, 2016. Her home is part of the upcoming Watershed Management Group's Harvest Tour this October.
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With the help from Capt Barrett Baker, Brayden Addison, 4, looks ready to go as he wears some fire turnouts as children and adults attend the open house at Tucson Fire Station 19, at 9700 E. Esmond Loop, on Oct 9, 2016.
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Adrian Figueroa stops a loose emu in its tracks before roping it after it had escaped. Pima County Sheriff Deputies later came in to help corral the emu near South Cardinal and West Irvington Road. The emu was one of several that escaped from a nearby home. All were rescued and returned to the owner. The photo was taken on Thursday, November 5, 2015, in Tucson Ariz.
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Bicyclists walk through deep sand as they cross the Santa Cruz River during the 33rd El Tour de Tucson bicycle race in Tucson, Ariz., on Nov. 21, 2015
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Lois Marecek, middle, comforts rider Monica Rodriguez from Tijuana, Mex, left, as a shivering K.C. Maddelein from Chicago tries to stay warm by a fire near Sabino Creek during the 31st El Tour de Tucson presented by Casino del Sol Resort. Both riders had to drop out of the race. Heavy to light rains did not deter an estimated 8,400 cyclists who were expected to participate in seven different races along the perimeter of town. Cold and wet conditions however did cause some riders to drop out of the race. The photo was taken on Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Tucson, Ariz.
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After being banned for being on campus, Marana High School seniors Jesse Lagois, left and José Mendez, both 17, display the Confederate flag across the street from the school in Marana, Ariz on Dec. 20, 2016. Lagois has permission to park his 1986 GMC Sierra Classic on private property. Lagois was told by law enforcement that as long as he is parked far enough away from West Emigh Road he was not in violation of the no parking restrictions.
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Pallbearers and squad mates of Pima County Sheriff Deputy Timothy Graham hug each other after they laid their friend to rest on August 16, 2005. The deputy was killed in the line of duty along with cab driver Dawud Abusida while trying to restrain a suspect.
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in this 2007 photo, hotographer Cy Lehrer's face is reflected off his own 1983 image, Barrack #18 Site, taken in Dachau, Germany.
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Before placing the 350-pound fiberglass dome in Chuck Albanese's back yard he had to design and build the framework so he can work inside the small dome in Tucson on Feb 7, 2017. Albanese, a dean emeritus at the University of Arizona College of Architecture, has been working on the dome which is scheduled to be installed in the Mary Undoer of Knots Chapel that is being constructed on Summerhaven.
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Herbie is a 70-year-old 500-pound Aldabra tortoise at the Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Court, in Tucson, on Nov. 30, 2016.
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Photographer Irving Olson, 99, who takes beautiful images of two drops of water as they collide against another body of water, poses with one of his images on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in Tucson, Ariz. The possibilties are endless as so how they will turn out, because the images are always different, never the same but with spectacular results.
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Angelina Romero, 9, and her sister Yessica, 12, are bundled up while with their dog Tipsy in the back of their father's pickup truck before the 2015 Tucson Rodeo Parade. A tradition since 1925, the parade celebrates La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo which also is in its 90th year. The photo was taken on Thursday, February 26, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Matilde Rubio injects a solution into the flaking paint on an object above the altar at San Xavier del Bac Mission. Rubio, and her husband Tim Lewis, have been working on the restoration of the mission's interior for years. The photo was taken on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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While waiting to take in some informal infield practice at George Mehl Foothills Park, Lucas Frank, 10, finds it perfectly reasonable to sit on top of Gabe Preble, 13, until things get underway. The photo was taken in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday, May 29, 2016.
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Sells resident Pachynne Ignacio, 16, lays on the ground to take a photograph in front of the Sasabe port of entry as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp. Ignacio and 22 children from the surrounding area took photographs along the Arizona/Mexico border as part of the camp. Photographers and editors from National Geographic teach the children the basics of photography and have them tell their stories through the camera's lens. Many of the children had never ventured away from home and were seeing the border for the first time.
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Liz Cracchiolo, left, and Dennis Tamblyn are cast members of Les Miserables who play Madame and Monsieur Thenardier in the Arizona Onstage Productions performance in 2014.
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Tucson Police Department officers tried to communicate with a man in custody while he is attended by members of the Tucson Fire Department near the 7-Eleven at 7084 E Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, on Dec. 13, 2016. A TPD officer asked for back up prior to the incident.
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Alma Rivera spends time with her seven-month-old granddaughter Amina Nieto Rivera, as family members and friends attend the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims gathering at Reid Park in Tucson on Sept. 24, 2017. The photographs in the background are of Roman Nieto, 21, Rivera's son who was killed. Sponsored by Homicide Survivors, about 1,100 individual photographs of murdered victims were on display. More than 200 were expected to attend the event which had music, food, speakers and a candlelight vigil, said Vanessa Helms with Homicide Survivors.
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A young man trapped in a crushed Toyota Prius grimaces as members of the Northwest Fire District work to extricate him from the crushed vehicle on the eastbound off ramp at Interstate 10 and Ruthrauff in Tucson. Several people were injured and transported to local hospitals as four vehicles were involved in the accident at the light on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.
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Fast-moving storm clouds begin to block the moon before lightning and rain fill the sky as winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour cut through parts of Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, July 18, 2005.
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A surprised Cienega High School English teacher Brittany Matsushino, left, is congratuated by fellow teacher Vanessa Romeo as the whole school is told she is the 2015-16 Milken Educator Award. A financial prize of $25,000 is attached to the award. The photo was taken on Monday, November 16, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Chef Tim Moore, from Pastiche Restaurant at 3025 N. Campbell Ave., makes a marinade using cilantro. The photo was taken on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Nothing like a small water fight with your mother to cool things off as Nickolas McCrane, 7, gets into it with his mother Deanna during the final round of the Tucson Conquistadores Classic at the Omni Tucson National Resort on March 18, 2017.
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During break in a benefit carwash Christopher Cañez, 19, watches as his family members, Andrea Ortiz, 18, sprays her nephew Carlos Garcia, 8, in Tucson on June 18, 2017, as they try to raise funeral funds for their Nana's funeral.
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Gold Star Mother Jeane Stevens-Allen, who lost her son Airman First Class John Stevens in Vietnam in 1968, holds his photograph in Tucson on September 19, 2016. Stevens-Allen, 88, only recently discovered she was considered a Gold Star Mother. Her family is throwing a party to honor her son and the sacrifice he made for his country.
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Carmen Duarte helps her brother Raymond raise his daughters (left to right) Julisa, Clarissa and Deana in a stable, loving environment. Together, they have brought new life to the house.
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During the All Souls Pre-Procession Party on Fourth Avenue, Angelica Gutierrez, 17, with Mariachi Innovacion, plays with the group prior to the All Souls Procession. The photo was taken in Tucson, Ariz., on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015.
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Sgt Will Hess, far right, and fellow Marana Police Department officers talk with Landon Pedersen, 6, before classes at the Patriot Day at Coyote Trail Elementary School. Pedersen's father is a K-9 officer with the Tucson Police Department. The photo was taken on Thursday, September 10, 2015, in Marana, Ariz.
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A store front along Morley Avenue has several striking images near the Morley Gate at the international border. The photo was taken on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Nogales, Ariz.
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A reluctant bighorn sheep has its eyes on Amber Munig, a big game management supervisor with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, before making a break for it as 29 sheep are released into the west side of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The photo was taken on Monday, Nov. 15, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Hattie Harris, 101, has her hands on one of her favorite scriptures, Psalms. She is always reading her Bible and on occasion playing gospel music on her piano. While living in Detroit she owned her own beauty shop and at one time lived near Joe Louis' mother. The photo was taken on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Jarrett Bunnin, foreground, who plays loosehead prop, works the scrum on a sled with his teammates as the University of Arizona men's rugby club15s prepare for the collegiate Division 1-AA National Championship on May 10-11 at Stanford. They qualified for the Final Four by defeating Long Beach State and Stanford to claim the West Regional Championship. The photo was taken on Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz.
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Steer wrestler Richard Coat, from Hastings, Neb., comes to a grinding halt as he brings down his steer during the first day of the slack competition at the 90th annual Fiesta de los Vaqueros Tucson Rodeo. The photo was taken on Monday, February 23, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Father Christian Didier prays with others over caskets with the dead from an earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
People line up to identify the dead after an earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
1985 Mexico earthquake photos by A.E. Araiza
Earthquake in Mexico City in September, 1985
Freddy Alvarez makes hangers and gives them away to veterans and their families.