BRUCE GILDEN: HAITI (french) documentary 2019 Deutscher Friedenspreis für Fotografie

2019 Deutscher Friedenspreis für Fotografie

Through his study of this territory in crisis

depicts the playfulness of youth against the capricious landscape of the American West

and the place of the photographer in his work

a Ouija board planchette—trace the outlines of lives lived but not seen

BRUCE GILDEN: HAITI (french) documentary 2019 Deutscher Friedenspreis für FotografieBruce Gilden discovered Haiti in 1984, during the famous Mardi Gras festivities. Fascinated by this country, he visited it numerous times until 1995, then after the earthquake of 2010. Gilden observed a poor territory, plagued by numerous natural disasters, but rich in a unique energy. As usual, the photographer strays from the beaten track. He travels the island and meets its inhabitants in the four corners of the country in situations that few would