Tanivet, Oaxaca, Mexico - Virtually all the men in this small village have left for the United States to find work. The women who remain have formed a

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Tanivet, Oaxaca, Mexico - Virtually all the men in this small village have left for the United States to find work. The women who remain have formed an artist coooperative, embroidering the story of their separation. They call themselves Las Hormigas Bordadoras de Tanivet (embroidering ants). Luz Olivera holds her work. It reads: How sad to see so many migrants from different countries passing our town every day in search of the American dream.

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Size: 3837px × 5755px
Location: Tanivet, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, artist, bordadoras, coop, cooperative, craft, embroider, embroidering, family, heartbreak, hormigas, immigration, las, mexico, migration, oaxaca, pain, separation, tanivet, vertical, women