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With the $30 it took to get to the border and some film, Matt Slaby set out to capture tiny slices of Mexican life, one stop at a time on a bus ride through another culture.

For Hiroshi Yamauchi "Urban Species" is a look at the relationship between people and their landscape, and what happens when they blend together inorganically and anonymously.

"You want to come with me?" he asked after securing a scaffolding ladder to the tower's side railing. "Uhhh, no thanks -- I gotta be back at the office in a few minutes," Gerry Mccarthy replied, half serious but,and half mortified at the thought of dangling off the tower's side on a 3x3 piece of metal next to a guy using a welding torch. "Can't say I blame you, I don't want to go down there either," he said, laughing as carefully made his way onto the ladder.