Noé Montes
- 2015
![Picture of Noé Montes](https://aliciapatterson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Noe-Montes-2-300x300.jpg)
Fellowship Title:
- Farm Workers in the Coachella Valley
Fellowship Year:
- 2015
![Known for its sweet potato pies, the long-established 27th Street Bakery at 2700 S. Central Avenue, also is distinguished by its red and white exterior and painted signage, done in all caps san serif black letters shadowed in gray.](https://aliciapatterson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/27th_St_Bakery-300x200.jpg)
The Unique Art of Sign Painting in Los Angeles
Known for its sweet potato pies, the long-established 27th Street Bakery at 2700 S. Central Avenue, also is distinguished by its red and white exterior and painted signage, done in all caps san serif black letters shadowed in gray.
![Crops are grown and harvested year round in the valley with migrant farm workers arriving at various parts of the year for peak harvest season of crops like grapes, broccoli and cauliflower.](https://aliciapatterson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/04_Noe_Montes_April-1-300x200.jpg)
Coachella Valley Farm Workers
I had been working on making photos about farm workers very slowly over the years and in 2015 l received a Fellowship from The Alicia Patterson Foundation which allowed me to dedicate the time, focus and thought to the work that it deserved.
![The Coachella Valley is located 130 miles east of Los Angeles in California. It is about 45 miles long and 15 miles wide extending southeast from Palm Springs to the northern shore the Salton Sea. The north side of the valley is comprised of a series of connected desert cities, south of that strip of cities is a vast expanse of land containing a huge variety of fruit and vegetable fields and a few small towns.](https://aliciapatterson.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/01_Noe_Montes_April-300x200.jpg)
Immigration: The Pain and Reward
Imagine for a minute that you have to leave your home. Imagine there is a war going on around you and you fear for your life and that of your children. Maybe the potato crop, which your country is dependent on, has been ravaged by disease and hundreds of thousands of people have died of starvation.