Nearly eighteen months since I started photographing the razor wire fences being erected around Europe, we are now seeing a permanency in the structure of the fences. No longer reels of wire laying across the ground. These new structures are erected between steel poles and are electrified. A second fence has been installed, also electrified, with a road between the two wide enough for a vehicle to travel quickly around the border. In addition to the second fence there are sentry posts and cameras placed at regular intervals along the fence. Free travel in this Schengen area has most definitely taken on a new meaning.
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