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@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

Our top story: Photographer Jordan Vonderhaar spent months using a modified digital camera to reveal the militarization of the #Texas border in stark infrared. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-river-and-the-fever-dream-photo-essay/

#photography #art #politics #USpol #immigration #military #news

A trio of men from border patrol stand knee deep in the water, one holding a pole. Behind them is thick foliage and the border fence. The scene is highlighted in stark colors because of an infrared filter, with the water gray, and the plants a bright orange red.
A trio of men from border patrol stand knee deep in the water, one holding a pole. Behind them is thick foliage and the border fence. The scene is highlighted in stark colors because of an infrared filter, with the water gray, and the plants a bright orange red.
A trio of men from border patrol stand knee deep in the water, one holding a pole. Behind them is thick foliage and the border fence. The scene is highlighted in stark colors because of an infrared filter, with the water gray, and the plants a bright orange red.
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The River and the Fever Dream

A converted digital camera can use infrared light to reveal Texas border militarization—in the same way the armed forces once scanned for enemies from the sky.
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