I'll show you mine, if you show me yours

I'll show you mine, if you show me yours, 2020, Photographs.

Crossing the border is a performative ritual, where the ‘initiate’ goes through stages of transformation with the hopes of coming out on the other side as an ‘accepted’ being. This all dependent on whether they fully complete the ritual with the relevant elements associated with the ritual. In this case, the relevant elements are valid  documents provided by the state.