Before the Limit
Migrants pray before continuing their journey north after their stay in a migrant shelter in Arriaga, Chiapas, Mexico, on Jan. 23, 2006. © Claudia Guadarrama
We have invited Claudia Guadarrama, 2004 winner of the Inge Morath Award to tell us about the project that she has been working on with the help of the award.
The Inge Morath Award is organized by The Inge Morath Foundation in cooperation with Magnum Photos and is awarded annually to a female documentary photographer or photojournalist under the age of 30.
In future blog articles we will continue to look at the work of the previous Inge Morath Award winners.
My project is about undocumented Central American migrants crossing the southern border of Mexico trying to eventually get to the United States looking for a better life. There are no official records about the number of people crossing the Mexican border illegally everyday; but in agreement with official counts along this border, they detain approximately 44 percent of the total number of migrants that cross illegally through Mexico.
This is one of the most critical stages of the journey to the United States. The harassment and extortion of migrants are common things. Only a few of them can get through successfully.
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