Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
OpEdNews - Article: Haitian Winter, Part 1: Fire and Ice, How Not to Return to Haiti
I had even taken the day off on February 3rd to give myself enough time to pack carefully, because I could have worked a half-day; my flight from Norfolk to Miami was not until 4:25 PM. My biggest concern was making sure I packed all the appropriate camera equipment and accessories I would need, chargers, cables, batteries, memory cards, manuals, particularly since I was bringing my brand new Canon Rebel T1i DSLR camera. I had hardly broken it in, actually still figuring out how to use it, but I had finally decided I needed it in Haiti for long shots and crisper closeups than my Nikon Coolpix could provide. So this trip would be a hands-on learning experience too.
I was flying back to Haiti again with well-known independent journalist Georgianne Nienaber, who has been covering the Haiti beat as well as anyone since the great earthquake of January 12th last year that killed perhaps over 300,000 thousand Haitians while rendering homeless over another million and a half, figures hard to totally validate, but solid surmises nonetheless. Georgianne had also begun exposing the lies and ineptitude surrounding the cholera epidemic that began sweeping through Haiti last October, exacerbated by bureaucracy, callousness, coverups and ineptitude.
I had gone with Georgianne last May to, among other thing, investigate the earthquake refugee camps in a four-day whirlwind tour of Port-au-Prince and outlaying areas. It had been a colorful and exciting experience, and I had learned firsthand why so many travelers fall in love with the Haitian people despite it all, despite the poverty, overcrowding, hunger, corruption and chaos. And I was eager to return.
Now, as my wife dropped me off at the Norfolk International Airport around 3 PM for my American Airlines flight, I was less than 24 hours away from said return, an easy flight, a night in Miami and on into Port-au-Prince by Noon the next day. Or so I thought.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
OpEdNews - Article: Not So Fast! Haiti Election Results Still in Limbo as Official Says She Did Not Sign On
by Georgianne Nienaber
Excerpt:
Today, the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) issued a press release saying only 4 out of 8 of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) members signed the document determining which candidates should advance to the second round of Haiti's disputed and deeply flawed election results. This came in spite of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's high profile and breakneck visit to Haiti on Sunday January 30, and premature announcements by most international media that the election dispute was over and that the government of Rene Preval would accept the ruling by the Organization of American States that Michel Martelly and not the hand-picked Inite Party candidate, Jude Celestin, would join Mirlande Manigat in the run-off. Clinton, in the middle of managing the crisis in Egypt, finished interviews on the Sunday morning news shows and immediately flew to Haiti where she met with the three candidates and brought intense U.S. pressure to bear on the Haitian government to comply.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Haiti's Historic Iron Market Completely Renovated & Open For Business
GREAT NEWS!
I visited the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince last May, 2010, when it was still a crippled wreck, hoping that it would somehow be rebuilt, and indeed that miracle has happened, and here it stands, just reopened on the eve of the first anniversary of the great Earthquake of January 12, 2010:
This is a testament to and metaphor for the dauntless, ebullient spirit and energy of the Haitian people, whose courage and resilience awe the onlooker. I captured a bit of this spirit in a music video I made last year about the Iron Market and the giant outdoor market district surrounding it. Here it is:
Now check out the following article on the historical celebration of the Iron Market's reopening, a key resurrection moment for the New Haiti:
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Bobby Thompson RIP: The Shot Heard 'Round The World
Bobby Thomson died Monday night, August 16, 2010 at his home in Savannah, Georgia at the age of 86. He will always be remembered for this:
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
North Beach, San Francisco on a Friday Night
I have been so busy with other projects I am just now getting to the photos I shot in late April, 2010. Come with me on a tour of North Beach, San Francisco as I wander about Little Italy, Columbus Avenue, Washington Square and on up to Broadway Street.
Click on the fullscreen, four arrow icon lower right, which will appear as soon as you hit the start arrow, for best viewing.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Lament for the Gulf of Mexico by Tina Micula
Check out this beautiful and touching lament by singer/songwriter Tina Micula for all living beings hurt or destroyed by the BP Oil Disaster, which is far, far from being over. The song also offers inspiration and hope for the future.
The photos in this video are by Georgianne Nienaber, well-known independent photo-journalist, who has been down in the Gulf investigating and reporting on the ongoing disaster.
The photos in this video are by Georgianne Nienaber, well-known independent photo-journalist, who has been down in the Gulf investigating and reporting on the ongoing disaster.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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