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CPOY 71 Portfolio Award of Excellence: Betina Garcia

A body of work that showcases a photographer’s vision and demonstrates versatility, expertise and depth.

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October 17, 2015
Mexican Luís Antonio Cortez rests in his room. He lives in the Stables at Keeneland. He's is a legal migrant worker who works in the States eleven months a year at the racehorse tracks. For the past three months he has been working at Keeneland. He gets up every day at 2.30 to water the tracks, train expensive racehorses for the horse owner Arnold from 5 till 8.30 and then works with maintaing the track so the horses won't fall from 9.30-7 PM. He represents a large group of migrant workers who work in the equestrian industry in the States. "I do it for my family so I can provide for them," he says. He has a son a wife back in Mexico.
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