Working the line
By: [text by Hannah Frieser and Luis Alberto Urrea]
Contributors: Urrea, Luis Alberto; Frieser, Hannah
Publisher: Radius Books; Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Fe, N.M; New York
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781934435243
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Border security; Pictorial works; Border crossing; Boundaries; Artistic Photography
Other titles: David Taylor, working the line
Description: David Taylor's photographic examination of the contentious territory that is the U.S./Mexico border is organized around a series of approximately 260 obelisks that demarcate this boundary, and which were installed in the late 1880s. In the course of pursuing this project, Taylor earned a remarkable degree of access to U.S. Border Patrol, the agents of which often refer to their job in the field as "line work"--A term that is also an apt description of the time Taylor has spent documenting these obelisks. He has acquired a privileged insight into the intertwined issues of border security, human and drug smuggling, the construction of the border fence and its impact on the land, and has portrayed immigration issues in a way that humanizes a difficult and sensitive social and political issue. Taylor's compelling images capture the deep complexity of the politics and people of this terrain. Working the Line is accompanied by a 44-page accordion-fold booklet.
Notes: Text in English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: [v.1]. Working; Navigating the margin / Hannah Frieser; title: Say hello to the bad guy / Luis Alberto Urrea; title: [v. 2]. The line.