
Books: Portraits from the Mexico-US Borderland Limbo
Beginning in 2020, Colombian photographer Romero Beltran shot portraits of friends and friends of friends living on the Mexican side of the Rio Bravo river (or Rio Grande) for what would become his latest book, Bravo. The series, notes Dazed, was made against the backdrop of tightened migration policies, heightened border militarization, and shifting asylum law such as Operation Lone Star, which has implemented a series of aggressive measures since 2021, including the installation of over 1,000 meters of razor wire on the Texas border. Read the full Story >>