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41. Migrants' Belongings, Saved and Photographed by Tom Kiefer

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Working for years as a janitor at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in Ajo, Arizona, photographer Tom Kiefer collected the confiscated — and discarded — personal items of migrants who were detained at the station. Today, he reverentially documents those salvaged belongings in El Sueño Americano, his photography project that's getting a lot of notice these days.

Tom's website and Instagram feed • Opening theme: "Keepers" by Still Flyin' • Closing theme: "Slow Draw/Feeling In My Heart" by Eric Frisch • Additional music by Sun Belt, Mike Grigoni, and Gabriel Naïm Amorwww.forkeepspodcast.com

(All items photographed by Tom Kiefer; photo of Tom is a still from a video produced by the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.)

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Working for years as a janitor at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in Ajo, Arizona, photographer Tom Kiefer collected the confiscated — and discarded — personal items of migrants who were detained at the station. Today, he reverentially documents those salvaged belongings in El Sueño Americano, his photography project that's getting a lot of notice these days.

Tom's website and Instagram feed • Opening theme: "Keepers" by Still Flyin' • Closing theme: "Slow Draw/Feeling In My Heart" by Eric Frisch • Additional music by Sun Belt, Mike Grigoni, and Gabriel Naïm Amorwww.forkeepspodcast.com

(All items photographed by Tom Kiefer; photo of Tom is a still from a video produced by the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.)

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