Opening Eyes and Minds

 

In January of ths year, the International League of Conservation Photographers(ILCP) sent a team of world-renowned photographers with writers, filmmakers, and scientists to the borderlands of the United States and Mexico to document the wildlife, ecology, and effect of immigration and the border wall on this landscape.

This region is a shared conservation treasure of international importance that harbors some of the most biodiverse landscapes on the continent. Many species here are found nowhere else in the US, and nowhere else in Mexico and some are found nowhere else on Earth.

The expedition will take the story of wildlife, landscape, plants and people in the borderlands to the public and policy makers. Through a photo exhibition, documentary, book and public outreach the goal is to broaden the discussion of immigration to include what stands to be lost if the current policy continues.

Follow the progress of the expedition by clicking the Blog link below and see the images and observations recorded by ILCP members as they explore the Borderlands and the impacts of "the wall".



Photo credits:
"Krista Schlyer walks along border wall" Chris Linder

"Road cut through Otay Mountain Wilderness to facilitate border wall construction" Roy Toft

"A boy plays in the surf in the shadow of the wall" Kevin Schaefer

"Aerial of border wall along lower Rio Grande TX" Wendy Shattil

Borderlands Rave Blog: http://www.ilcp.com/?cid=151

Borderlands Video: http://www.ilcp.com/?cid=93