if Haiti doesn’t want you here she living everything in her power to make
living everything in her power to make
living everything in her power to make you so miserable that you will run
you so miserable that you will run
you so miserable that you will run screaming for the next airplane out but
screaming for the next airplane out but
screaming for the next airplane out but if she loves you if she sees in you a
if she loves you if she sees in you a
if she loves you if she sees in you a kindred spirit she rings your heart out
kindred spirit she rings your heart out
kindred spirit she rings your heart out every day and she has you coming back
every day and she has you coming back
every day and she has you coming back for more
well in 2010 when the earthquake struck
well in 2010 when the earthquake struck Haiti extraordinary number of
Haiti extraordinary number of
Haiti extraordinary number of journalists many who had never been here
journalists many who had never been here
journalists many who had never been here before came it seems that most people
before came it seems that most people
before came it seems that most people come when there’s a big event a big
come when there’s a big event a big
come when there’s a big event a big crisis TV reporters photographers it
crisis TV reporters photographers it
crisis TV reporters photographers it just became this sort of free-for-all
just became this sort of free-for-all
just became this sort of free-for-all for people looking for that picture and
for people looking for that picture and
for people looking for that picture and so I think that’s when things started to
so I think that’s when things started to
so I think that’s when things started to unravel a bit Haiti deserves to be in a
unravel a bit Haiti deserves to be in a
unravel a bit Haiti deserves to be in a good space and it’s just been really
good space and it’s just been really
good space and it’s just been really hard I think we all were very strong and
hard I think we all were very strong and
hard I think we all were very strong and have hope for Haiti
have hope for Haiti
have hope for Haiti there is hard time here you know but the
there is hard time here you know but the
there is hard time here you know but the media does it in a way that is really
media does it in a way that is really
media does it in a way that is really not what we want to show about ourselves
not what we want to show about ourselves
not what we want to show about ourselves I don’t think that we’ve done a very
I don’t think that we’ve done a very
I don’t think that we’ve done a very good job of representing Haiti as
good job of representing Haiti as
good job of representing Haiti as foreign press there’s this great beauty
foreign press there’s this great beauty
foreign press there’s this great beauty that one wants to try to capture to sort
that one wants to try to capture to sort
that one wants to try to capture to sort of balance out the image that we also
of balance out the image that we also
of balance out the image that we also collectively create about Haiti as
collectively create about Haiti as
collectively create about Haiti as foreign journalists and that’s why I try
foreign journalists and that’s why I try
foreign journalists and that’s why I try to keep coming back and I’m trying to
to keep coming back and I’m trying to
to keep coming back and I’m trying to photograph things that are different and
photograph things that are different and
photograph things that are different and that’s how actually photo combi our
that’s how actually photo combi our
that’s how actually photo combi our organization came to be born
compete is an action of many people to
compete is an action of many people to do something together for a common goal
do something together for a common goal
do something together for a common goal and the common goal for photobomb beats
and the common goal for photobomb beats
and the common goal for photobomb beats is to show another side of Haiti by
is to show another side of Haiti by
is to show another side of Haiti by Haitians so we’re doing it together we
Haitians so we’re doing it together we
Haitians so we’re doing it together we wanted to be able to put the power of
wanted to be able to put the power of
wanted to be able to put the power of Haiti’s image back into the hands of
Haiti’s image back into the hands of
Haiti’s image back into the hands of patients and so we teach young people
patients and so we teach young people
patients and so we teach young people and we go back and we teach and we
and we go back and we teach and we
and we go back and we teach and we reteach and we reach there using cameras
reteach and we reach there using cameras
reteach and we reach there using cameras for the very first time and they’re
for the very first time and they’re
for the very first time and they’re taking the most extraordinary pictures
taking the most extraordinary pictures
taking the most extraordinary pictures one of the important things we do is the
one of the important things we do is the
one of the important things we do is the students document their communities but
students document their communities but
students document their communities but it’s also the country the significance
it’s also the country the significance
it’s also the country the significance in having patients photograph Haiti is
in having patients photograph Haiti is
in having patients photograph Haiti is that I think we get to see who they
that I think we get to see who they
that I think we get to see who they really are when young Haitians go in to
really are when young Haitians go in to
really are when young Haitians go in to a community into a market especially the
a community into a market especially the
a community into a market especially the communities where they live but we see
communities where they live but we see
communities where they live but we see things about people that we would not
things about people that we would not
things about people that we would not see otherwise they have that access they
see otherwise they have that access they
see otherwise they have that access they have the trust of their community
and they just get pictures that other
and they just get pictures that other people just simply wouldn’t get and they
people just simply wouldn’t get and they
people just simply wouldn’t get and they mean something by way of their
mean something by way of their
mean something by way of their photographs we Outsiders get to Ricci
photographs we Outsiders get to Ricci
photographs we Outsiders get to Ricci Haiti we get to rethink it and what it’s
Haiti we get to rethink it and what it’s
Haiti we get to rethink it and what it’s about for me it’s the beauty of Haiti
about for me it’s the beauty of Haiti
about for me it’s the beauty of Haiti the soul of Haiti and what what happens
the soul of Haiti and what what happens
the soul of Haiti and what what happens in everyday life here and how beautiful
in everyday life here and how beautiful
in everyday life here and how beautiful it is actually you know and I think it
it is actually you know and I think it
it is actually you know and I think it shows in the photos it’s not a question
shows in the photos it’s not a question
shows in the photos it’s not a question do we continue is just we continue
do we continue is just we continue
do we continue is just we continue mainly we want to empower Haitians to
mainly we want to empower Haitians to
mainly we want to empower Haitians to show what is true about them and to
show what is true about them and to
show what is true about them and to create a new image of Haiti
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