DAVID ROCHKIND PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography: heavy hand, sunken spirit : mexico at war

A young boy sits on a couch with a neighbor in the hills of Nogales, Sonora. He and his family have been sleeping outside since their tin and cardboard shack burned to the ground two weeks before. Even before the accident the family had no water or electricity and their only source of income was selling scavenged trash. Nearly half of Mexicans live in poverty. Many people along the border are turning to the cartels to help earn money.
A young boy sits on a couch with a neighbor in the hills of Nogales, Sonora. He and his family have been sleeping outside since their tin and cardboard shack burned to the ground two weeks before. Even before the accident the family had no water or electricity and their only source of income was selling scavenged trash. Nearly half of Mexicans live in poverty. Many people along the border are turning to the cartels to help earn money.