The Line on the Map

In this work are shown several areas of the border between Mexico and United States, crossed by a border fence preventing the pass of people from one to other side. This wall crossing the terrritory generates disturbing and contradictory images: in some places it forms the backyard of many homes and in the natural landscapes suggests an strange mixture of modern Chinese wall, panoptic and Land Art piece. Paradoxically, showing the wall without people around, it emphasizes its coercive character and the huge imbalance between the power of the states and their relationship with individuals. When we look at a map, we can see the boundary lines marking the borders between different states. Obviously, these lines are mental constructs that are not physically registered in the territory. However, in the case of the northwestern border between Mexico and the United States, that imaginary line map becomes tangible in the form of border wall. The fence I've been photographing in this project IS the line on the map.