Photos: Divided by Law / de la Rosa family of Nogales
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A family divided by an international border and immigration law. An aging father on the U.S. side, cared for by his young children, and a caring mother on the Mexican side. The project was part of Mike Christy's 2016 winning portfolio.
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson on Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, left, greets her son Bill and husband Arsenio, right. Bill just returned for the summer from Bowdoin College in Maine where he's able to shuttle Arsenio from Tucson for bi-weekly visits to Nogales. Photo taken Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: While Bobby and Naomi de la Rosa are occupied on the couch, Gloria helps ready her husband Arsenio for a trip to the barber in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, far right, and his friends comically walk and swing their arms while they head in to line up on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, right, does her hair up as she gets ready for a summer school class in the morning while her dad, Arsenio, has just woken up to begin his day. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Naomi de la Rosa, left, checks over Bobby's completed homework after they arrived home from school at their south side home in Tucson on Sept. 2, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa takes a moment for himself atop a pile of trash and debris in the late evening light in Nogales. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Nogales, Sonora. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bobby De la Rosa, center, recites the Pledge of Allegiance with his classmates on their first day of fifth grade at Mission View Elementary School. Photo taken Aug. 6, 2015, in Tucson. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, dons medical gloves to rub his dad Arsenio's feet with Lamisil to prevent them from drying out. Photo taken Wednesday, June 10, 2015, in South Tucson, Ariz. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Gloria de la Rosa, right, grips her husband Arsenio's hand while they visit in Nogales, Sonora. Photo taken Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Bill de la Rosa rubs his eyes in the final minutes of his summertime spent back home in Tucson before he boards a flight back east to start the fall semester at Bowdoin College in Maine. Photo taken Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Photojournalism award-winners
- Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place: Jim de la Rosa, the oldest sibling, leans on one of his dad's walkers while he sits on the living room couch one early morning. Photo taken Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at their South Tucson home. Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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