Tending Crops, Healing Spirits – 1999

Carlos Frésquez

​This concept incorporates close-up views of the migrants’ hands at work. Placed on top of each hand is a hand Milagro. Milagros are small metal char-like fragments of the human body. These Milagros are believed to heal a particular body part.

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