SEAN MASTERSON PHOTOGRAPHY

The Border: The Other Side

This section covers the US-Mexico border from San Diego, CA to San Luis, AZ.

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A scene of the fence near San Luis, Arizona, which is near Yuma, Arizona. This part of the fence traverses the Sonora Desert, a murderous stretch of sand that thousands of migrants prefer to cross over the highly patrolled areas to the west.
   
Migrants watch for Border Patrol agents near a popular crossing point in Otay Mesa, California near San Diego.
  
A Border Patrol vehicle speeds along the fence near San Luis, Arizona.
     
  
A retired boxer and recent deportee works out at a local gym in Tijuana, Mexico. Like many others, he was forced from the US after being charged with a drug-related misdemeanor. He had been in the US for over twenty-years and had fathered three US citizens.
   
Kai Wiedenhoefer, a photographer, walks along the border fence near San Luis, Arizona. Large sections of the fence in this region are being finished by the surge of National Guard troops sent to assist normal enforcement at the border.
   
A Luchador perches atop the ropes at a Lucha Libre match in Tijuana.
     
  
The fence is illuminated by portable stadium lights near the Mexican town of Tecate.
  
Tijuana youth wait for the start of a rock concert. Recent rivalries between fans of Emo music and those calling themselves “punks” have sparked violence in many of Mexico’s clubs.
   
The fence between San Diego and Tijuana is decorated to celebrate the festival of Dia Del Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) and to commemorate those who have died trying to cross into the United States.
     
  
A Tijuana "punk" waits for a ride near the US-Mexico border. Recent rivalries between fans of Emo music and those calling themselves “punks” have sparked violence in many of Mexico’s clubs.
   
A hole in the fence near Tecate, Mexico and San Diego County. The rough terrain makes it impossible to have a continuous fence in many border regions.