Critical Lenz: Haiti
artist's statement
this photo exhibit is dedicated to symphonie, the adopted child of a friend who left haiti too young to remember much about it. i often wonder what she must think of her old home after watching news reports and reading articles in the press. i wonder how these portrayals of haiti have affected her self concept. i hope that these images will give her and others a brief glimpse of some of the beauty and dignity of haiti and it's people. this is just a tiny fraction of the warmth i experienced on my last trip there in the summer of 2002.
i feel that my impression of the haitian spirit is best represented by the bob marley lyric which states, "we're the survivors .. . . yes, the black survivors."
please feel free to send any questions or comments to kimara@earthlink.net
bio
alan kimara dixon is a photographer / musician based in the san francisco bay
area. he has traveled extensively documenting life throughout the african
diaspora. more of his work can be seen in the new book, black: a celebration
of a culture, by deborah willis.
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