I met Zac Halberd during my stay at Eucalyptus House. Eucalyptus House is a bed and breakfast run by the Jean-Louis family located in the Cazeau community in Port-Au-Prince. I couldn’t imagine staying anywhere else during my visits to Port-Au-Prince. Not only are the Jean-Louis a wonderful and welcoming family, who truly incorporate their guests […]
I followed the advice of a man I’ve never met today. After hearing the click splat of a falling mango, I checked to see the damage. There was a small split on the underside, so I flipped it over, washed it off, and enjoyed a mango in the dark unaware of any worms or other […]
Tonight I got to spend some time in the presence of grace. I’m always left in awe at the power of the friendship shared by my father and Ernso Jean-Louis. Their story is one that could fill an epic, but suffice it to say that during my stays in Haiti he treats e more like […]
“Take care of my Son, He’s an innocent” Those are the words Jean Roberte left me with as he placed me on the public bus from Port-au-Prince to Leogane. I met Jean Roberte last year when he drove me from PAP where I had been staying with one of my dad’s closest childhood friends to […]
I promised myself today to live out of love only and never obligation
As a photographer and a person, I constantly feel the pull between two separate urges. The urge to live, enjoy, and fully engage in the present is constantly at odds with my compulsion to step back and record the proceedings, the emotions, and the people in front of me. While behind the lens, I often […]
Last time I sat in this church I felt my faith begin to revive, after years of dormant rest. Today after a year of searching, of trial and error, my faith was reborn. Listening to Drew Mohonick speak, I forgot my camera and myself, and fell into the spirit as it flowed about the room. […]
Maybe I had the analogy all wrong. Perhaps I am not the low branch waiting to bear fruit, but rather a fruit myself, ripe and laying on the ground, ready to spread my own roots. Being from a family with a legacy of involvement and excellence forces me to consider my own responsibility to that […]
Even now when I walk in and Ernso says “Welcome Home” I wonder what home really means. I’m a romantic so I believe when I find it I’ll just know.
This year I travelled to Haiti with only 15 dollars in my wallet. Whether in the US or Haiti I’m usually a sucker for people in need. “Before leaving for Haiti a lady approached me in the parking lot of the Edgewood Target in Atlanta. She told me she had breast cancer and was desperately […]
