I had the incredible opportunity to work with Danny Wilcox Frazier and Kent Miller along with 13 other amazing photojournalists from CMU at the Fences: Faces of Migration Workshop. I encourage you to visit our website, fencesfacesosmigration.com and invite you to watch my final project from the workshop entitled Debate: The Media of Immigration.
<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/149208789″>Debate: Media of Immigration</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/kaitichritz”>Kaiti Chritz</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>Immigration is a topic currently being debated around the world, particularly in the United States. Political debates have surged the issue to the forefront and sparked conversation on the matter across the entire country.
But how are we taking in information about immigration in our country? News reports, YouTube videos, movies, newspapers, and social media sites such as Facebook, twitter, and Instagram are fueling the debate and unveiling personal opinions on the topic.
These opinions are typically bold, sometimes uplifting, and sometimes ruthless. Images and conversations have been created and curated by following a search of terms such as immigration, deportation, and migration through social media and news organizations.
The selected images have been chosen to show some of the conversations happening in the country behind the walls of television, phone, and computer screen.
Faceless Debate: The Media of Immigration is a compilation of recent media communications on the topic of immigration, which seems to be overwhelmingly covered without truly understanding the Faces of Migration.
Kaiti Grant 