Crossing: From USA to Canada, Walking Roxham Road - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3969002257 ISBN 13 : 9783969002254

Editeur : Kehrer Verlag, 2026

Synopsis

A seemingly ordinary landscape becomes a life-changing threshold for thousands. Crossing by documentary photographer Ruth Kaplan is a long-term photographic project focused on Roxham Road, an irregular border site between New York State, USA and Quebec, Canada. Although not an official port of entry, the site became a passageway for people seeking asylum in Canada. During Donald Trump's first presidency, increasingly restrictive U.S. immigration policies led a growing number of asylum seekers to cross into Canada via Roxham Road. While controversial, the site functioned for five years as a largely safe and operational crossing, until its closure in 2023. Between 2018 and 2023, Kaplan documented Roxham Road and the many lives shaped by its existence. The resulting images trace a dense network of intersecting forces: migration and infrastructure, authority and care, geography, time, uncertainty, and endurance. Rather than isolating moments of crisis, Kaplan builds a layered visual record of a place defined by transition and tension, revealing how global political decisions materialise within a small, seemingly unremarkable landscape. At a time when displacement and border politics continue to shape lives worldwide, the book offers a grounded and attentive perspective on migration--one that resists simplification and is rooted in observation, duration, and presence. Readers are invited to reflect on borders not only as lines on a map, but as lived spaces.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ruth Kaplan is a documentary photographer with an extensive background in editorial practice. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in major Canadian and international collections and publications. A recipient of numerous grants and awards, she currently teaches at OCAD University and Toronto Metropolitan University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kehrer Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3969002257
• ISBN 13: 9783969002254
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: GPSR Kontakt; contact@kehrerverlag.com; ; Mannheimer Straße 175; Heidelberg; 69123; Allemagne