Imperial is the youngest and poorest county in California and one of themain producers of winter vegetables, salads, grain, and alfalfa in theUnited States. The demand for water is enormous--old water rights ensureImperial County vast quantities of water from the Colorado River. Here,hard-working people, especially Hispanics, labor in the fields to thepoint of exhaustion, while the homeless, the displaced, and thedownshifters live the flip-side of the American Dream. Berlin-basedphotographer Lars Borges dedicates his book project to these people inan effort to point out the effects of unbridled global capitalism onhumans and nature.
