Lars Borges: Imperial County

Description

Imperial is the youngest and poorest county in California and one of themain producers of winter vegetables, salads, grain, and alfalfa in theUnited States. The demand for water is enormous–old water rights ensureImperial County vast quantities of water from the Colorado River. Here,hard-working people, especially Hispanics, labor in the fields to thepoint of exhaustion, while the homeless, the displaced, and thedownshifters live the flip-side of the American Dream. Berlin-basedphotographer Lars Borges dedicates his book project to these people inan effort to point out the effects of unbridled global capitalism onhumans and nature.