Photos: National Geographic photo camp
National Geographic photo camp
Sells resident Pachynne Ignacio, 16, lays on the ground to take a photograph in front of the Sasabe port of entry as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp. Ignacio and 22 children from the surrounding area took photographs along the Arizona/Mexico border as part of the camp. Photographers and editors from National Geographic teach the children the basics of photography and have them tell their stories through the camera's lens.
National Geographic photo camp
Stephen Slate, 13, from Arivaca, presses up against the metal posts along the Arizona/Mexico border as he and 22 children from the surrounding area take photographs along the Arizona/Mexico border at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp. Many of the children had never ventured far from home and were seeing the border for the first time. The week-long program is going from Sunday, June 15 through Friday June 20.
National Geographic photo camp
US Border Patrol Agents Bryan Flowers, center and Shevannah Wray, explain their agency's role along the border at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp. At week's end there is a viewing of the children's work scheduled for Friday, June 20 from 4:30pm-6:30pm at the Arivaca Community Center, 6012 W Universal Ranch Rd.
National Geographic photo camp
Laney Juan, 16, from Sells, and Larissa Miller, 15, from Amado take photographs of US Border Patrol agents Bryan Flowers and Shevannah Wray as they talk about their work on the Arizona/Mexico border.
National Geographic photo camp
Twenty three children from Southern Arizona and their mentors pause as they approach the Arizona/Mexico border at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp.
National Geographic photo camp
Laney Juan, 16, from Sells, takes photographs along the base of the Arizona/Mexico border fence at the port of Sasabe.
National Geographic photo camp
Pachynne Ignacio pauses to take a photograph along the Arizona/Mexico border at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp.
National Geographic photo camp
The children and mentors walk along the Arizona/Mexico border fence at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp.
National Geographic photo camp
The children, all from the surrounding area, stand at the port of Sasabe looking directly into Mexico.
National Geographic photo camp
A horse grazes on the Mexican side of the border at the port of Sasabe as 23 children take part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp.
National Geographic photo camp
Triston Smith, 12, from Arivaca, takes a photograph of a mural at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp.
National Geographic photo camp
Laney Juan, 16, from Sells, takes a photograph of a mural at the port of Sasabe as part in the National Geographic's Photo Camp.
National Geographic Photo Camp
National Geographic Photo Camp near Sasabe, Arizona, 2014. Photo by Triston Smith
National Geographic Photo Camp
National Geographic Photo Camp Arizona, 2014. Photo by Yasmin Pena
National Geographic Photo Camp
National Geographic Photo Camp Arizona, 2014. Photo by Yasmin Pena
National Geographic Photo Camp
National Geographic Photo Camp Arizona, 2014. Photo by Laney Juan
National Geographic Photo Camp
National Geographic Photo Camp Arizona, 2014. Photo by Yasmin Pena
Un grupo de 23 jóvenes, cámaras a la mano, se dieron a la tarea esta semana de documentar las particularidades de su comunidad fronteriza.
A group of 23 youths, ages 12 to 18, spent the week at a National Geographic photo camp in Arivaca, documenting life along the U.S.-Mexico border.