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Erasing the Border (10 photos)

The “Borrando la Frontera,” (Erasing the Border) project took place on April 9 in Baja California, Sonora and Ciudad Juarez, as members of the cultural organization Border/Arte “removed” parts of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in three places by painting large sections sky blue, allowing the fence to visually blend into the background. Artist Ana Teresa Fernández says the project is an effort to symbolically erase a long-standing physical barrier that separates families and causes widespread misery.

Volunteers paint the border fence between the United States and Mexico to give the illusion of transparency during the “Borrando la Frontera” (Erasing the Border) Art Project in Mexicali, Mexico, on April 9, 2016. (Sandy Huffaker / Reuters)
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/04/erasing-the-border/477891/