AP Photographer Gregory Bull has been covering the U.S.-Mexico border for more than 30 years. On this frigid February night, his aim was to show the urgency of the situation for another group of men trying to cross into America. See how he made this extraordinary image.
A Border Patrol agent, left, directs a group of asylum-seeking migrants to line up in a makeshift, mountainous campsite to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. On this frigid February night, his aim was to show the urgency of the situation for another group of men trying to cross into America.Arriving up in the mountainous border area near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif.
I saw the Border Patrol agent raise his hand to direct the group of men to wait there, but I wasn’t sure I had a frame where his hand had cleared the mountain ridge behind until I got back to my computer.I had already shot pictures of this line of men and this Border Patrol agent, and I knew he would occasionally raise his hand to make it clear he wanted them to wait there.
So, I just got lower than the agent, to his side, and tried to time the red lights splashing out over the group of men with his gesturing. The wind was howling, and my fingers had gone mostly numb from the near-freezing rain and wind, so I didn’t dare check to see if I had the frame since I couldn’t really manipulate the camera buttons too well at that point – I had to wait until I got back to my computer.
I felt like this picture was my attempt at touching on the large, complicated issues of immigration and border security through light, color and composition. I liked the sweeping arc across the middle of the picture separating light and dark, and the splash of red.
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