Escape as an act of dignity.
Homi K. Bhabha, IWL, 2019: Going full Animal: Migration and Tribal Nationalism

The series PASSAGE // 32°32’04.7“N117°07‘26.3“W was created in 2019 at Border Field State Park, a military base in the United States located close to the Mexican border. The title indicates the exact geographic location where the photos were taken and signals its political explosiveness. The close-ups of tracks of military vehicles suggest a visual experience akin to a testimony and create a palpable tension, while evoking an escape which remains preserved in the form of a trace. The series pays tribute to collective suffering, but it also questions the role images play in the reporting of conflicts. In this series, the visible speaks of the invisible and absence reveals presence.