Tag: Hasselblad
13 Trees
From the series, 13 Roadside Trees, Haiti 2009 [see the complete set here] I have driven past these trees many times, at a junction of route nacional 3, on the way to Boucan-Carré and Corporan. Despite the gnarled, cancerous trunks, they have survived decades of roadside dust and pollution. They remain, lined up, steadfastly providing […]
Milca Merçon
Milca Merçon Eating Supper and reading Rousseau. Cange, Haiti January, 2008 Recognizing her as one of the medical staff in the Zanmi Lasante hospital, I interrupted Milca on her lunch break. She was precariously ledged outside her simple breeze-block home, eating out of a metal pot and reading a book. Shy. But she was welcoming, […]
Papaya
Madame Edline Pierre’s Papaya Tree. Saut Mathurin, Haiti. March, 2007 Wandering around on my host’s rooftop became a habit and I frequently spent time up there to reflect and process my experiences in Saut Mathurin. Somehow, the relative bareness of the roof helped me draw out imaginary frameworks and relationships around and between Haiti’s complex of […]
Dawn and the view from my bedroom
Dawn. Peas. Saut Mathurin, Haiti. August, 2008 I grew up waking to windows like this – jalousie slats (or louvred crankout glass windows). Waking and wondering if the dawn sounds – pigeons, insects, cockerels – were actually the sound of the rising sun or something else. I figured out the answer at the age of […]
Frond
Frond outside Pinchinat’s House. Cange, Haiti. January, 2008 I saw this hanging off a tree near a friend’s house – I’ve made several portraits of Mr. Pinchinat, and the ‘Hanging – Floating‘ photographs of his grandchildren. This photograph was taken in the same location. For me, it strengthens the argument for photographic seeing as being more […]
Nine Pines
Nine Pines. Near Les Cayes, Haiti. 2008 I wanted to be by the sea at sunset. A balmy breeze silked through these (Hispaniolian?) pines. Later, I found out that this particular type of native pine survives in very shallow, infertile soil because of a symbiotic relationship with a fungus. Which, to some extent, seemed […]