Detained migrants' trash inspires US janitor's art

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'One of the things I think these photographs remind us of is that even small injustices can be the first step on a path towards things that are totally inhumane,' said curator Laura Mart.

During a decade as a janitor at a US border station, Tom Kiefer gathered the trash left behind by thousands of undocumented immigrants, piecing together the histories of those who arrived seeking a better life.

From a distance, many of the works look like abstract modern art, but peer more closely and the contents become clear: in one, dozens of syringes and cartons containing pills and ointments are carefully laid out across a bright yellow canvas. Every year, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants are detained while crossing into the US from Mexico.

 

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