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Jamaica + Haiti exhibit at Habana Outpost – Brooklyn NY [June 29 to July 13]
Last minute show after my quick but dense trip to Jamaica.
an instinctive edit.
Opening at Habana Outpost on Monday 29th of June. 6 to 9 pm
757 Fulton street in the Ft Greene section of Brooklyn NY.
pass it around
http://cafehabanablog.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113901361404&ref=nf
“A display of photos I took on my trips to Jacmel, Haiti and the West End of Jamaica.
In September I spent 2 weeks in the South East of Haiti. The town of Jacmel had been hit by 4 hurricanes. Food crops and many homes had been wrecked by storms and floods. I witnessed the daily life of different people. Daily struggle combined with dignity and passion.
This June I spent a week in the West end of Jamaica. The town of Negril with the contrast between the inclusive resorts with partying tourists and the peace of the countryside and the west end. I rented a bicycle and went over the mountains on the other side of the west end. I met people that shared food and stories. Windswept rocky coasts, goat trails and mountains with lush mango trees.
15 miles away from Negril, a different reality”
Prints will be for sale at affordable prices.
I will use part of the net profits to send some additional funds to Guerline Laguerre. A single pregnant Haitian woman I met on the beach in Jacmel.
I raised money through Facebook fundraiser so she could pay for a Cesarian section delivery as in Haiti health care is not free.
She now has a baby daughter she named Stefania and very little money for food.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43964902495
Another part of the sale will help me cover the costs to send photos back to all the nice people of Jamaica that showed me a bit of their lives. Many had no camera nor many photos of themselves. They loved the idea of having a good photo of themselves.