In 2021, after photographing a great deal of civil unrest, I went to Tijuana to take pictures during a particularly wild news cycle. My curiosity peaked, and I found a woman on the California side of the border who had worked in the migrant camp. Before I walked across the border, she “saged” me, and I can’t say it didn’t work.
She connected me with the camp leaders and they allowed me to spend a few days there shooting photos. It coincided with “El Dia De Los Ninos” a national holiday celebrating children in Mexico.
The camp was full of kids, and it was a pleasure to spend time running around with them. The experience in Tijuana left me ponderous and in need of an adventure. From there I would take off on 42 day hitchhiking trip across the entirety of the Baja Peninsula.