Aug
27
Haiti {Documenting Hope}
Iron Flowers
by Kalam Salaam
sluggish, semi-stagnant
the water in Haitian gutters,
small gullets, trickles green,
sewerage green, here even
the dirt is poor and
there is a cloying dullness
camouflaging even strongly
persistent colorsin squared, white walled
cemeteries
funeral flowers are made of
painted iron/ i see no roses
rising through this Port
Au Prince povertyi hesitate to take pictures
it is like thievery
almost like
i am stealing precious light
that these, my brothers and sister,
need to live
A little over a week and a half ago I returned from a trip to Jacmel Haiti.
It was a short trip, but one that has left it's mark.
I was hired to shoot photography stills - freelance for Honeywell, documenting the ground breaking of a school in Jacmel.
by Kalam Salaam
sluggish, semi-stagnant
the water in Haitian gutters,
small gullets, trickles green,
sewerage green, here even
the dirt is poor and
there is a cloying dullness
camouflaging even strongly
persistent colorsin squared, white walled
cemeteries
funeral flowers are made of
painted iron/ i see no roses
rising through this Port
Au Prince povertyi hesitate to take pictures
it is like thievery
almost like
i am stealing precious light
that these, my brothers and sister,
need to live
A little over a week and a half ago I returned from a trip to Jacmel Haiti.
It was a short trip, but one that has left it's mark.
I was hired to shoot photography stills - freelance for Honeywell, documenting the ground breaking of a school in Jacmel.
