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The life of a migrant at the Mexico–United States border waiting for the right moment to cross into the US is often in flux. I tried to document a piece of this uncertain journey by giving people a chance to convey it in their own way. I mounted a medium-format camera onto a tripod with a cable release and then stepped back, allowing the migrants to choose the moment of capture. Through a collaborative process I attempted to give the migrants agency in their own representation and story.
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