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Petionville Club

Life in Haiti's Tent Cities

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Petionville Club

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Life in Haiti's Tent Cities

Life in Haiti's Tent Cities

Life in Haiti's Tent Cities

Life in Haiti's Tent Cities

Claire Martin
Claire Martin
Claire Martin
Claire Martin
1 Campaign |
Port Au Prince, Haiti
$4,005 USD 31 backers
80% of $5,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Most of my work to date has focused on bringing to light marginalized communities and I am continuing in this theme by focusing on one of the laregest tent communities in Port Au Prince. While Haitians have already become accustomed to living in some of the worst conditions in the northern hemisphere, the January 12 2010 earthquake took them from poverty to tragic misery. A year latter there is no sign of change despite hundreds of millions of dollars flowing through the country via foreign aid. Yet as I see again and again, the human spirit is hard to crush and life goes on with vitality and joy in equal measures to a need and despair that no-one from our privileged part of the world could ever truly understand.

It's difficult to get a grasp on my feelings about life in these camps. Yesterday I was walking through the main street of this tent city at sunset, kids are playing with kites, the temperature has cooled and people are laughing and working in the market and I think, wow for a tent city it's pretty nice here.... then as the sun went down I returned to visit a woman with a new born I had met. I was taking a jar of baby food for her. When I arrived in her tent, which is about 6 square feet, there was a grandma, a new born, three little girls and three sisters lying on a tarp on the ground, getting ready to go to sleep. I felt like such a fool, turning up with my single jar of baby food, and for having previously had such sentimental feelings for the place. Life goes on in these camp, and there is love and laughter, but these people can't escape the fact that they are living the life of a humanitarian disaster that they have very little control over. 

As I am shooting predominantly film, I will not be able to complete the project until I return home. But if you are familiar with my work and would like to support my project I am raising money through the pr-sale of limited edition prints from the series, among other incentives.

If this type of work is not your cup of tea, but you have a friend who might be interested in finding out more, please share my link with them. 

Thanks everyone for your time and for supporting Petionville Club - Life in Haiti's Tent Cities

www.clairemartinphotography.com


What We Need & What You Get

I am hoping to raise $5000 through pre-sale of my limited edition archival prints, among other incentives,  to cover the cost of my fixer and to pay for film and developing. Working to develop stories that sit outside the mainstream media's interest, means that funding must come from other avenues. I am making a personal investment in this story as I believe what we are being shown in mainstream media undermines the complexity and integrity of Haitian culture. I hope that I can subsidize my personal investment through IndieGoGo and the incentives I am offering. Big Thanks everyone for checking this out!

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Thank you!!!

$1 USD
A personalized thank you on my blog.
0 claimed

Postcard/giftcards

$25 USD
Personal thank you on my blog as well as a pack of 5 postcards containing images from my Haiti series.
11 claimed

gift card / postcards

$50 USD
Personal thank you on my blog as well as a pack of 10 gift cards containing images from my Haiti series.
9 claimed

Signed poster

$100 USD
Personal thank you on my blog plus a signed, limited edition A3 poster of my signature image from my Haiti series. As well as a personal email to you where you can ask me any questions you have about the project. (edition of 50)
5 out of 35 of claimed

Poster, phone call & gift

$250 USD
Personal thank you on my blog plus a signed, limited edition A3 poster of my signature image from my Haiti series. A handmade gift from the Haitian people mailed to you, As well as a skype call to you where I can personally thank you and you can ask me any questions you have about the project. (editions of 50)
0 out of 15 of claimed

Limited edition print

$500 USD
A thank you on my blog as well as a skype call to say thanks in person! Plus a limited edition (editions of 6 + 1AP) signed and numbered 15X15 inch archival print.
2 out of 6 of claimed

Limited edition print

$1,000 USD
A thank you on my blog as well as a skype call to send my love and thanks! Plus a limited edition (editions of 6 + 1AP) signed and numbered archival print sized to your specification (up to 90x90cm).
1 out of 6 of claimed
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