Photographer Journal: Port-Au-Prince

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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Demonstrators take the to the streets in Port-au-Prince

Demonstrators take to the streets in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, March 7, 2021, to protest against kidnappings, corruption, and the reinstatement of a dictatorship. photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

Sunday, May 24, 2020

A Dull Saturday afternoon in Port Au Prince

The intense necessity to create is an urge that comes and goes, sort of like an addiction as intense as a craving for intimacy. As I walked along Ave Christophe in Port au Prince, the soft, late afternoon sunlight set off an inward urgency to memorialized and carry forward the memory of this particularly dull afternoon.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Darkness, my new friend

Lately, after the sun goes down in Port Au Prince, stillness and darkness slowly enwraps parts of the city because of a still in effect 8 pm curfew and severe electricity shortages. However, the twinkling of the stars in the night sky gradually lessen the chaos of the mind, which slowly fades away into the infinity.

Monday, May 18, 2020

The colorful murals of Baussan

Port Au Prince, The colorful murals of Baussan which is situated between Turgeau and Bois Verna is drained from its usually busy streets since emergency measures were taken by Haitian officials because of the coronavirus crisis. The eerie emptiness and quiet streets brought about an apocalyptic mood and gave rise to an array of emotional responses from estrangement, social alienation, and melancholy.

Monday, January 13, 2020

Haiti commemorates 10th anniversary of devastating earthquake

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

When the people rise ...

Destiné, alias Jean Jacques Dessalines is a regular fixture at most major demonstrations, especially those who fall on historical dates. He can be seen dressed as the leader of the Haitian Revolution and often makes a dramatic appearance when mounted on his horse with the black and red banner floating followed by running and cheering kids, lending his support to already gathered demonstrators.

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Art initiative to remember those who have fallen

Several artists of the collective KATAN (Kolektif Atis Angajé) organized an event in Port-Au-Prince, "Rél Tanbou", October 15, 2019, underneath a bridge, Viaduc de Delmas, which has been a gathering point since the uprising. The initiative included creating a couple of murals in honor of those who have been killed since the movement to overthrow Haiti's President Jovenel Moise began. The names of those who have passed will be added to one of the murals.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Port-Au-Prince, 7:28 pm

The sun takes on shades of orange right before sunset, the tint that gives you the expectation that the sun will set to rise again.

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Cleaning up Port-Au-Prince


photos © patrice dougé All rights reserved

The third edition of the initiative "Nap balé" to clean up Port-Au-Prince, took off On Ave John Brown, Sunday, April 28, 2019. For the past three years, a neighborhood in Champ de Mars and Delmas benefitted from the project. Encouraging Haitians to develop their patriotic spirit, is what the "nap balé' project set up three years ago by As-Lash, in partnership with the Mario Bregart and Saniclean foundation, aim to achieve. Several Haitian artists and public figure are guarantors of this project.

Monday, April 29, 2019

More protest to demand final audit report


photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in front of the Superior Court of Accounts to demand the final audit report on the use of PetroCaribe funds. The protesters voiced slogans hostile to those accused of misusing those funds and demanding their arrest. Burning tires were noticeable and the police at some point use teargas.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

So I can #remember - Visual travel notes. Port-Au-Prince,Léogane, Haiti

Friday, December 9, 2016

Yanvalou Restaurant


photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

"A room should never allow the eye to settle in one place. It should smile at you and create fantasy" Juan Montoya -

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Peaceful march of lawyers in Port-Au-Prince for the resignation of the Director of Public Prosecutions

More than fifty lawyers marched Wednesday through the streets of the Haitian capital to demand the departure of Mr. René Francisco,Government Commissioner and the resignation of Judge Lamarre Belizaire

Friday, April 26, 2013

Thousands of Students participate every year at the annual bookfair in Port-Au-Prince, the nation's capital

Reforming the educational system on a national level must become a top priority so children of deprived socio economic background and those in rural areas can have access to a different level of education.(photo was shot during the 18th annual book fair in 2012)