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Topic subjectSo I went to Haiti for the first time in my life. Questions
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12681283, So I went to Haiti for the first time in my life. Questions
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-20-14 10:26 AM
12681285, pics?
Posted by SHAstayhighalways, Sat Dec-20-14 10:30 AM
12681287, i began putting up some on FB
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-20-14 10:34 AM
but most will be on my own site.
i shot mostly film so i have been scanning them
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12681290, cool. how did you feel when you first reached?
Posted by SHAstayhighalways, Sat Dec-20-14 10:38 AM
i still never been :(
12683412, nervous
Posted by madwriter, Tue Dec-23-14 01:39 PM
the baby boomers who have never gone back make you feel al lthe negatively. yet you have all these foreigners who go all the time and enjoy the country my parents are from.

but once i was made to feel comfortable speaking my choppy creole at the airport i felt better


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www.richardlouissaint.com
photobloggin' it:
http://blog.richardlouissaint.com
12685165, :)
Posted by SHAstayhighalways, Sat Dec-27-14 11:31 AM
12681288, What part of Haiti? What was the premise of the visit?
Posted by DVS, Sat Dec-20-14 10:34 AM
I ask because I have extended family in Port-Au-Prince and I've been anxious to take a trip back (I haven't been in over 3 decades), so I'm curious as to how that worked.

Also....do you speak Kreyol or French? If either or neither, how easy was the communications, etc.

D
12681292, So
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-20-14 10:44 AM
a friend and a non profit whose founders i know both decided to extend an invite to stay with the non profit in december. They have a guest house in Delmas, Port - au prince for volunteers and others. so it made sense with room and board and meals being included for a small fee.

So we were there then traveled to the country in St. Louis du Sud.

I also had a photo exhibition that was going up in Petionville which is up unti lthe 29th
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www.richardlouissaint.com
photobloggin' it:
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12681293, I said if I was going I would head to Petionville
Posted by DVS, Sat Dec-20-14 10:45 AM
even though I know that's the "upper class" area, so to speak...
12681295, it's more commercial now
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-20-14 10:51 AM
if you do go to Garden Studio. dope music venue owned by a Haitian American.

But try to leave the cit yand see the smaller towns like Jacmel which i wanted to check out for their film institute
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www.richardlouissaint.com
photobloggin' it:
http://blog.richardlouissaint.com
12681298, Did you visit Okap, La Tortue, or Port de Paix?
Posted by Jon, Sat Dec-20-14 11:29 AM
12681299, reply number 5
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-20-14 11:31 AM

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www.richardlouissaint.com
photobloggin' it:
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12681300, well i did end up in Okai searching for a live pig
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-20-14 11:35 AM
and we got one in Aquin
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12683399, must've been an amazing experience. One day I hope to.
Posted by Jon, Tue Dec-23-14 01:31 PM
12683386, some video
Posted by madwriter, Tue Dec-23-14 01:25 PM
Shot by some other folks and i was very exhausted after hiking up a mountain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gPQzvRCYaQ&feature=youtu.be

Shot by me:http://vimeo.com/115236210
12683401, bookmark
Posted by Jon, Tue Dec-23-14 01:32 PM
12683416, nice!
Posted by ALmighty44, Tue Dec-23-14 01:42 PM
i've wanted to go to haiti ever since i read skip gates's book
12683460, RE: some video
Posted by Drewmathic, Tue Dec-23-14 02:18 PM
LOVE that place. I wish everyone could get to experience it.


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12685139, some film scans
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-27-14 10:15 AM
http://richardlouissaint.com/?fluxus_portfolio=haiti-2014
12685216, Thanks for sharing these!
Posted by luvlee2003, Sat Dec-27-14 02:28 PM
12685242, thank you for taking a look
Posted by madwriter, Sat Dec-27-14 04:22 PM

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<--------- my cousin
www.richardlouissaint.com
photobloggin' it:
http://blog.richardlouissaint.com