Concerning 1983 and 1987 alongside the California/Mexico border, Ken Light-weight took his Hasselblad digicam and flash and rode along with US Border Patrol brokers in the middle of the evening as they combed the Otay Mesa searching for “illegal aliens.” He was there when they had been apprehended – captured by authorities as very well as the photographer’s flash. The black and white illustrations or photos are stark, impromptu mug photographs in the desert, taken at a instant of excessive vulnerability, when hope gave way to despair, migrants caught in a cruel video game of cover and look for.
In piercing words and in strobe-lit photos caught from the dark of night time, Midnight La Frontera’s immediacy underscores the struggle and defiance of all those who make the perilous hike for days and weeks in search of the American Aspiration.
“The extend amongst Tijuana and San Diego is long. Really very long. And it is as treacherous as it is stunning. It is unlikely that any person who has at any time crossed it will easily ignore it. Its desert-like landscape is sure to carve by itself equally on to overall body and soul.” —José Ángel Navejas
Ken Mild, a freelance documentary photographer for more than fifty decades, and a Reva and David Logan Professor of Photojournalism at the University of California, Berkeley, focuses on social problems dealing with America. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, his function has been released in twelve guides, in publications, exhibitions and several anthologies, exhibition catalogs and a selection of media, electronic and motion picture.
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