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Caravan to the Unknown
juan carlos
Jan 4, 2019
A young girl sits on her father’s shoulders, crying, as they cross a river that divides Guatemala and Mexico. Another child peers out from the vents of a cargo truck, her small hand clinging to the grates. A teenage boy on Playa Tijuana dares to scale the fence dividing his past and what he hopes will be his future.
The subjects of these photos are among the thousands of Central Americans who have joined caravans pushing northward toward the United States in an effort to escape circumstances of violence or desperate poverty. It’s a journey that offers hope but promises nothing.
We asked eight photojournalists who traveled with the migrants to send us some of the photos that stayed with them. The images ask us to consider what lies outside the frame. What calculations were made before setting out on this journey? What awaits them as they journey north? Will it have all have been worth it?
You can see all the chosen images here
Caravan to the Unknown: Images from the migration of Central Americans heading to the U.S.-Mexico border
Photographers documenting the movement of Central American migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border share images of the people leaving everything they’ve known behind for the possibility of asylum in the United States.
Caravan to the Unknown: Images from the migration of Central Americans heading to the U.S.-Mexico border
Photographers documenting the movement of Central American migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border share images of the people leaving everything they’ve known behind for the possibility of asylum in the United States.
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