Bruno Stevens, on Haiti (audio slideshow)
Written by duckrabbitThis powerful audio slideshow is brought impressively to life by Olince Calixte, a blind street musician from Port au Prince.
It’s also a journey from pain, trauma and shock through to the first signs of recovery. For me it tells a much more balanced story of the aftermath than many sets of photos out there. Thank you Bruno for sharing this with the world, its a tribute to the human spirit.
Warning, there are some extremely graphic and upsetting images in this set.
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Discussion (4 Comments)
totally agree. there’s a real narrative arc to this and the pace is quite gentle, despite the serious subject matter.
some really strong pictures in there – but used in service to the story (rather than being more about the photographer saying ‘i was there’)
but seriously. who gives a toss what camera/lens it was shot with
Thanks for giving Bruno’s piece another forum.
In my opinion, this set of images, combined with the simple soundtrack, is about the most
compelling I have seen come out of Haiti.
What made the piece stronger was the fact that Bruno did not rely on the easy, in-your-face,gratuitous body pictures to
present his take on the events.
A lot of ‘quiet’ moments that tell a greater piece of the story,IMHO
Mark you are so right … I don’t think the horror shots give you any space to think and isn’t that what really strong photography does? Create a space in which to reflect?
Thanks again for your comment …
WOW! It certainly won’t get any “better” than this as far as narrative, visuals and taste (as in for all concerned).
You wanna workshop? Have every aspiring pj watch this, and then go off where there’s no other camera in sight.