Editorial Reviews Amazon.com The corpse of a young man lies in the street, his eyes half open, his face covered with insects. The uncaptioned image is like a jolt of electricity; no words could improve upon it. Ian Thomson's introduction confirms that life has little value in Haiti (cheap for humans, worthless for animals), a once proud nation that has declined into a police state where brutal poverty is the order of the day. Bruce Gilden's largely shocking black-and-white pictures reveal that decline as perhaps never before in a shoot-from-the-hip style of photojournalism. While some of the shots stand alone, others beg for explanation. Despite the silence, the images are anything but quiet; if you listen carefully, you can almost hear them scream. Book Description Gilden opens our eyes to this fascinating and tragic country. Steeped in Voodoo and brutalised by its rulers, it is a country where human life is cheap and animals hardly worth life. The unconscious violence that runs through from slaughterhouse to street is chillingly captured in Gilden's photographs. So too is the importance of Voodoo; part paganism, part catholicism, its disconcerting mix of rage and ecstasy flows through the book. Though only an hour's flight from Miami and mainland America, Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Haiti
Haiti,Bruce Gilden,Dewi Lewis Publishing,1899235558,1986-,Caribbean & West Indies - General,Documentary photography,Haiti,History,Individual Photographer,Individual Photographers And Their Work,Photo Essays,Photoessays & Documentaries,Photography,Pictorial works,Photographs: collections,Photography / General
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