Borderlands - Hardcover

by Francesco Anselmi (Author), Francesco Anselmi (Photographer), Renata Ferri (Editor)

Award-winning photo series about the politically volatile border region between Mexico and the USA

Borderlands is a documentary essay shot along the US side of the border with Mexico between 2017 and 2019, at the height of the Trump era. The series aims to develop a narration capable of going beyond the emergency perspective under which border-related issues are often presented and to transport the complexity of this 3,600 kilometers long strip of land. Crossed by migrants and travelers for decades but also inhabited by a very diverse range of souls, the borderlands seem to become a different place from the two countries they separate. Francesco Anselmi is an award winning documentary photographer living in Milan, Italy. His work focuses on border areas and the various consequences contemporary border policies are having on the people living in there. He is currently working on a long term project about border communities in the European Union. His images have been published and exhibited internationally.

Author Biography

Born 1984 in Milan, Francesco Anselmi lives between Italy and the United States. He graduated at The International Center of Photography in NYC receiving the New York Times Foundation Scholarship. His work focuses on social issues and ongoing changes involving the western society, from Europe to the United States of America, with particular attention to identity related issues in border areas. In 2012 he started a long term documentation about the consequences of the Greek economical crisis, that led him to receive the Chris Hondros Fellowship Fund in 2013 and the Visura Grant for Outstanding Personal Project in 2016. A selection of his work was screened at Visa Pour L'image 2013/2015/2016/2019 in Perpignan, at Image Singuliere 2014 in Sete, at les rencontre d'Arles 2014/2019 and exhibited at 2014/2018 Lumix Festival for young photojournalism in Hannover, at 2014 Venice Biennal of Architecture and at 2019 Photolux festival in Lucca, Italy. Francesco Anselmi is among the 2014 Leica Oskar Barnack finalists. In 2019 he has been selected as a Leica Oskar Barnack Award finalist and received a Visa D'or at Visa pour l'Image in Perpignan, France. Since 2011 he's represented by the Italian agency Contrasto.