Haiti’s Splendor

Before visiting Haiti in 2012, I researched it extensively, reading everything I could. An article in The Windsor Star was the thing that stuck with me the most. The title was perfect, Haiti’s Squalor, Splendor. The full headline “Haiti’s Squalor, Splendor; Visiting this Caribbean island will change you life guaranteed” really resonated. It is true, I will never be the same.

I returned home from Haiti with beautiful perfect color photographs. They did not begin to convey the whole of the experience. I decided it would be best if I reworked the photographs, the following is the result of making my own lenses out of unconvententional materials and reshooting everything. This body of work better conveys my experience. The movement, the magic, the mystery of place and the people that are so dear to me.