A slide show was posted on the New York Times Web site about an author, William T. Vollmann, who traveled through Mexico while writing his book ‘Imperial,’ which is about California’s Imperial County. The slide show reads that the book is about illegal drugs, victims, songs and Mexican borders.
The images begin by showing Vollmann standing on the opposite side of the border looking through a hole. As the pictures continue it goes on to show his journey to Mexico. There are pictures of him with other people across the border and some people that are staring to the opposite side where he was standing in the first picture. Several of the images are from Mexicali which is closer to the border.
In one image he states that the temperaturee was 115 degrees but he thought about the other people standing out working.
I believe the last image was very powerful and also his quote. The image shows white crosses with the words UnIdentified where people who died crossing the border are usually buried if found. The quote reads, “‘You wonder how many are never found and never brought here,’ and headed, an edge creeping into his voice, ‘At least they won’t be stealing our tax dollars anymore. That’s very important.”
It was inspiring because it was a powerful story although it was only 17 images long. I really liked how he was able to capture such emotional cameras with just one photograph. As a future photojournalist this is a skill I would like to develop.