ZONIANS

MATÍAS COSTA

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There once was a place, in the Panamanian jungle, where a handful of Americans believed to have found the Promise Land. Known as the Zonians, these people were stripped of their privileges in 1999 when their land ceased to be a North American territory. Today, some are returning home, one century after the construction of the artery that has united two oceans. These images, taken between 2011 and 2014 in the Panama Canal and Orlando follow the last moments of the Zonians and its existence as a community.