Photographer Journal: March 2013

Friday, March 29, 2013

Flying Kites is a Haitian tradition around Easter

Kite flying use to be a very popular childhood pastime activity.The skies are no longer littered with multi colored kites covered with thin paper,others with clear plastic.The tradition has died off considerably but nevertheless kite makers still display their cerf volants on the streets and children of all ages, mostly boys, and young adults go on rooftops during Holy week to fly their kites.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Young girls dressed in their school uniforms heading back home

Friday, March 22, 2013

Jalouzi, a Hillside Shanty town of about 200,000 in Petion Ville gets a cosmetic makeover

Thursday, March 14, 2013

"Mon inspiration principale prend racine dans la culture et la vie sous toute ses formes en Haiti" Sébastien Jean, Peintre Haitien

Sebastien Jean
Quand on est sculpteur de talent, on metamorphose le rien en tout,Le dechet ultime en matiere premiere, les ordures en chef-doeuvre

Saturday, March 9, 2013

"Acknowledgment of the isolation of rural Haitian women" International Women's day slogan 2013

Kenscoff Women Workers Association (AFLK) organized a gathering of women from 5 municipalities on March 8, 2012 to demand basic human rights and their integration to society.[Nearly half of Haitian women are economically active- the highest percentage in Latin America and the Caribbean,but the majority of women are employed in the informal sector,and income disparities are strikin] The Morfiss Foundation