Distant Relatives
The text said, “wAnted to invite u to nas & damian marley Tonight @ sonar”. A friend of a friend, Jon Sabban was reaching out. Jon and I are planning to collaborate on a project down the road, but hadn’t had an opportunity to meet yet. John clearly likes to do things with style, as [...]
Junior’s Story
PETIONVILLE, HAITI — Junior paints everyday. Bright colors on clothing, Creole slogans on sheets, acrylic on canvas; it doesn’t matter, his need to create is constant. Lyonel Elie, Jr., 30, has lost his home but not his art. His house, a concrete bunker cemented to a steep hillside in Petionville, is cracked. Too unstable to [...]
Port-Au-Prince by moto taxi
Port-Au-Prince suffered massive damage, with officials estimating that 70% of the city will need to be rebuilt. The downtown area was hit the hardest, with many buildings reduced to rubble.
Haiti, do not despair
Port-Au-Prince is in ruins, it’s downtown a field of rubble. As many as 1.5 million are estimated to be homeless, at least 200,000 lost their lives, and officials say the reconstruction will take decades. I had many days of mind-bending scenes of utter destruction and human tragedy. It was shocking in it’s ferocity, and has [...]
We are alive in Haiti
I should have come to Haiti before this. This is madness, and despite all I’ve read and seen, Haiti could never be like this. Driving across the border from Santo Domingo was a good way to to ease into the shock. As we approached Port-Au-Prince, the outbound traffic became increasingly heavier, and took over both [...]
Southern Exposures
I just got back from teaching at the University of Southern Mississippi Photojournalism Project, which always makes for a great change of scenery. This is the second year Iris PhotoCollective has run the project, and it keeps getting better. We had seven students this year, six high school and one freshman in USM’s photojournalism sequence. [...]
Senior Cheer
When Oakland Mills High School cheerleading coach Shauna Kelly asked me to photograph the girls for their Senior Game, I couldn’t refuse. My daughter, Sierra isn’t a senior yet, but she’s cheered with them for the last three years and I knew how much it would mean to them if they could have the event [...]