American Backyard

Review\nOver a span of five months the couple traveled the 2,000 linear miles of the United States-Mexico border in its entirety. How better to understand the heart of the issue that was vexing the country than by traversing every inch of it, talking to the people who live with it not in the abstract, but physically, every day? --Observer.com\nMost Americans, Ross and Allison say, don't have a full understanding of what the border is like. From the imagery that's available through the media and online, there was kind of a limited representation of what the border looked like, and what narratives were presented, says Allison. The book hopes to help present a more nuanced view. --Adele Peters, Fast Company\nMany people have covered portions of the border between the US and Mexico, but the complexity of the region is often flatlined to a region or to an idea. To counter this, photographer Elliot Ross and writer Genevieve Allison spent weeks covering all 2,000 miles of the US Mexico border in detail, and the resulting images are truly stunning, cutting to the heart of heritage, American ideals, and the surreality of modern times. --Kate Bubacz, Buzzfeed News