About the Exhibition

Capturing the cultural, day to day life of the people living and residing in South Haiti; particularly Les Cayes, where my mother was born and raised.  

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, I remember being so enamored by the photos my mother use to show me of Haiti in the 50’s and 60’s, and the mystical, magical aura and charm that these photos possessed. Which is why the rigid dichotomy between how Haiti was presented through the media when I was a child and these old photos also confused and angered me. 

Throughout history, time and time again Haiti has been stolen from, bastardized, cast away and forgotten. It is engrained in the mind of the world that we are less than, even though we are the first free Black Republic in the world. Constant negativity that has been stationed in global news, magazines, and articles that have tried to taint who we are is also something that my mother has always reminded us was a lie and to never forget who we truly are.

My mother has shown me the beauty of Haiti up close since the age of 3, and it is something that I will never forget. Since then, I have made trip back home numerous times, and the magnificence of this place— this place that is constantly being degraded by pretty much everyone, even our own— has never ceased to captivate me. Haiti has given me so much in this life: My parents, my lineage, my blood, my resilience and my unwavering passion, and it is time that I pour that back into her. 

So as a creative, I am dispelling the negativity that surrounds my homeland daily. There is so much love and treasure in Haiti, and I want to be a vessel in letting the world know that through my voice, my pen, and my lens. My purpose is to mirror the same yet a different sense of captivation of how beautiful our people are, what we do, what we eat, how we love and how we live. Currently, Haiti is under so much strife right now; a strife that seems generational, and never ending. Through these pictures I want people to know that life and love still and will always exist here, no matter the forces that be that tries to depict otherwise. 

This is Haiti. 

About the Exhibition