Thursday, January 28, 2010

JAN 28: HAITI RECOVERS SLOWLY_NY TIMES PHOTOGRAPHY

Haitians visited their barbers, sought replacement cellphones and even picked up their dry cleaning. Photograph by Damon Winter/The New York Times

Marie-Yolette Marcel, 55, prayed in her brother's car in a refugee camp on Champs de Mars in front of the Presidential Palace. Ms. Marcel now lives in the car with her daughter. During the day, she prays with other victims of the earthquake. Photograph by Damon Winter/The New York Times

The NY Times with a photo slideshow covering the stark contrasts of life in Port-au-Prince: a patisserie sells a birthday cake for a celebration, 16 year-old Darlene Etienne is pulled from the rubble 15 days after, a riot erupts as free radios are given away, a man gets a shape up from the barber, children play patty cake in the boredom of a tent city and people wait patiently for treatment in front of a triage center.

Haiti Recovers Slowly, Photography Essay, The New York Times

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