Taken days before demobilization, these former combatants will soon face a new reality as they reintegrate into civilian life, leaving behind their former identities. Likewise, it is the physical nature of these plates to deteriorate over the next several years. These are collodion tintypes that were made using traditional chemical processes on location in Antioquia, Colombia.

The 18th Front is considered to be one of the leftwing group's more militarily successful fronts, exerting strategic influence in the northern part of Antioquia, a state that has been heavily affected by the country's 52-year civil war. It is a conflict that has involved government forces, drug cartels, right-wing paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas, and which has left hundreds of thousands dead, tens of thousands kidnapped and millions displaced. Although the initial peace accord between the Colombian government and the FARC was rejected in a plebiscite on October 2, both parties reached a new accord that was ratified by congress on November 30, 2016.