The Border
Stark, forebonding, beautiful, and mysterious. A perpetual stage for conflict and opportunity. From Donald Trump to Porfirio Díaz, the Treaty of Guadalupe to the US Patriot Act. This stretch of desert has endured centuries of divisive politics. And cought between the debates over security, drugs, and economics are people. Tough, resilient people. Some are proud and prosperous, others are deseperate and lost. But they press on, from all sides.
In these pages, Guillermo Arias captures a sense of both wonder and sadness. His exploration of angles is unparalleled. Angles both geometric and strategic. More than just the border’s architecture of physical boundaries, Arias shows us a land and a people, on a collision course with the future.