Left behind: life and death along the U.S. border

Jonathan’s work is taken from his book Left Behind: Life and Death Along the U.S. Border. Working in Pima County, Arizona, a location with the highest documented number of migrant deaths in the United States, Jonathan’s images come from the Pima County Forensic Science Center, a site in which 2,470 foreign nationals who died in the deserts of Southern Arizona were taken between 2001 and 2015. Photographically depicting a segment of these deaths, in particular the personal effects of the many nameless migrants whose identity cannot be establish. The images thus not only give voice to the voiceless but identity to the unidentified. Moreover, the hope is that the work can then act as a spur for further dialog on immigration reform. In this way, the dead may once more help the living.