This may be my favorite image of border-crossers. I wanted to paint this couple because I think they are utterly captivating. It's not a new image and has been hanging around on my computer for years. I pray they are both doing well.
Their story, via the photographer:
Flor Garcia, 19, of Honduras, holding her one-year-old daughter, Flor Fernandez turned themselves over to CBP after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
Photo: Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman/AP
Their story, via the photographer:
Flor Garcia, 19, of Honduras, holding her one-year-old daughter, Flor Fernandez turned themselves over to CBP after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico near McAllen, Texas, on Thursday, July 3, 2014.
Photo: Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman/AP
Photo: Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman
