Open display of photos taken by undocumented
The creators of the project handed disposable cameras to immigrants at the border in Arizona and Texas, as well as members of the Minuteman Project
The Border Photographic Exhibition Project, which brings together 260 images taken by undocumented immigrants at the border between the U.S. and Mexico, will open on Saturday in the city of Scottsdale.
The exhibition also includes photographs taken by volunteers of the Minuteman Project.
"Our hope is to do something very allusive and get people to join," said Rudy Adley, one of the three collaborators of the unique project.
Adley and his colleagues gave 500 disposable cameras to undocumented migrants in the Arizona border with Mexico and Texas, and another 100 cameras to members of the Minuteman Project.
Each participant was given an envelope paid, to send back the cameras. For the immigrants who sent their photographs were handed gift cards from Wal-Mart store, while the members of the civilian militia were given cards to get free gasoline.
It was returned about 40 cameras from each group, which won about 2 thousand photos, of which 260 are part of the exhibit will be open to the public at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the city of Scottsdale.
"The pictures are great," said Adley. "The people have very strong ideas about immigration, but sometimes unaware of their human face."
Via El Universal
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