Photographer Documenting Migrants Was Detained During His Project
A photographer who has spent the last four years documenting migrant stories was himself detained at the border.
A photographer who has spent the last four years documenting migrant stories was himself detained at the border.
Photojournalist Margarito MartÃnez Esquivel was murdered on Monday outside of his home as he left for work. He is the second photojournalist who focused on corruption and drug violence who has been killed in the last two weeks.
Five photojournalists are suing the United States government for allegedly tracking, detaining and interrogating them about their work on the US-Mexico border. The journalists are accusing the Department of Homeland Security of "an unprecedented, coordinated attack on the freedom of the press."
Arizona Border Recon is a volunteer group of armed civilians that patrols the border between the United States and Mexico, keeping watch for traffickers, terrorists, and illegal immigrants and bringing those caught to the attention of the US government's Border Patrol. Photographers Neil Kremer and Cory Johnson of Kremer Johnson visited the group and shot a series of portraits of its members.
When politicians talk about the gap between the rich and poor or racial divides, they're usually not being literal. But as Cape Town-based photographer Johnny Miller shows with his startling photo series Unequal Scenes, the gap in South Africa is literal... you just need to get airborne to see it.
Central Iowa Boy Scout Troop No. 111 received a little more when they bargained for during their three-week road trip.