Imperial is the youngest and poorest county in California and one of the main
producers of winter vegetables, salads, grain, and alfalfa in the United States.
The demand for water is enormous―old
water rights ensure Imperial County
vast quantities of water from the Colorado River. Here, hard-working
people,
especially Hispanics, labor in the fields to the point of exhaustion, while the
homeless, the displaced, and the downshifters live the flip-side
of the American
Dream. Berlin-based
photographer Lars Borges dedicates his book project to
these people in an effort to point out the effects of unbridled global capitalism
on humans and nature.
Lars Borges is a photographer based in Berlin and London. Among his clients are adidas, Dior, H&M, Nike, Volkswagen, Blackberry and Microsoft, his work has been published in GQ, ELLE, Esquire, Neon, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Stern, ZEITmagazin.
Enno Kaufhold is a photographer, teacher, photo historian, curator and writer based in Berlin.