Families at the border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico visit loved ones that are living in the United States.
A family at the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, Mexico. A family visits their relative on the U.S. side and talks to them through an open weave metal fence. On the U.S. side there is only a four hour window to visit family members who live in Mexico. There are no restrictions on the Mexican side.
The border fence from the Mexican side is painted with vibrant colors often reflecting the current political climate.
Part of the binational garden with native plants is maintained on both sides of the border fence between Tijuana, Mexico and United States. A voluteer tends to the garden on the Mexican side.
Part of the binational garden with native plants is maintained on both sides of the border fence between Tijuana, Mexico and United States. On the Mexican side.
A family at the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, Mexico. A family visits their relative on the U.S. side and talks to them through an open weave metal fence. On the U.S. side there is only a four hour window to visit family members who live in Mexico. There are no restrictions on the Mexican side.
There is a binational garden on the U.S. and Mexican side, It has three circles: two that are about ten feet in diameter and one that is about thirty feet in diameter. Dan Watman created the binational garden. Dan stands in the garden in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico.
Veterans at the border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico to visit loved ones that are in the United States. In the U.S. there is only a four hour window every Saturday and Sunday to visit but on the Mexico side they do not have time restrictions.
View from the Mexican side of the border fence.
A view of the border fence dividing the United States and Mexico. There was a time when there was no border marker, and then there was a chain link fence that separated the U.S. and Mexico. After 911 border security became tighter. The fence was renovated in the early 1990s and again in 2009, when a second metal fence closer to San Diego was also added.
Families at the border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico visit loved ones that are living in the United States.
A family at the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, Mexico. A family visits their relative on the U.S. side and talks to them through an open weave metal fence. On the U.S. side there is only a four hour window to visit family members who live in Mexico. There are no restrictions on the Mexican side.
The border fence from the Mexican side is painted with vibrant colors often reflecting the current political climate.
Part of the binational garden with native plants is maintained on both sides of the border fence between Tijuana, Mexico and United States. A voluteer tends to the garden on the Mexican side.
Part of the binational garden with native plants is maintained on both sides of the border fence between Tijuana, Mexico and United States. On the Mexican side.
A family at the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, Mexico. A family visits their relative on the U.S. side and talks to them through an open weave metal fence. On the U.S. side there is only a four hour window to visit family members who live in Mexico. There are no restrictions on the Mexican side.
There is a binational garden on the U.S. and Mexican side, It has three circles: two that are about ten feet in diameter and one that is about thirty feet in diameter. Dan Watman created the binational garden. Dan stands in the garden in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico.
Veterans at the border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Mexico to visit loved ones that are in the United States. In the U.S. there is only a four hour window every Saturday and Sunday to visit but on the Mexico side they do not have time restrictions.
View from the Mexican side of the border fence.
A view of the border fence dividing the United States and Mexico. There was a time when there was no border marker, and then there was a chain link fence that separated the U.S. and Mexico. After 911 border security became tighter. The fence was renovated in the early 1990s and again in 2009, when a second metal fence closer to San Diego was also added.
ARIANA DREHSLER
Ariana is a Photojournalist with a focus on social and political issues based in San Diego, California. Ariana has covered the Arab Spring, the rise and fall of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, and the frontlines of Syria’s Civil War.