by Stephen Kosloff
Awl Occasional Contributing Photographer Stephen Kosloff was in Haiti from November 20 to November 30 to take pictures of the cholera epidemic and national elections, which were held on November 28. Here are 26 of his shots.
A Haitian student walking home through Petionville, in Port au Prince.
Woman in a marketplace in Petionville section of Port au Prince.
Volunteers with the Materials Management Relief Corps (www.mmrc-us.org/), an NGO based in Port au Prince, play soccer with orphans at an orphanage near Port au Prince.
The U.N. airbase adjacent to Toussaint Louverture Airport.
En route to Saint Louis du Nord in the north of Haiti.
En route to Saint Louis du Nord in the north of Haiti.
En route to Saint Louis du Nord in the north of Haiti.
The northern coast of Haiti, in the vicinity of St. Louis du Nord.
En route to Saint Louis du Nord in the north of Haiti.
The northern coast of Haiti, near St. Louis du Nord.
The UN airbase in St. Louis du Nord, northern Haiti.
An Argentinian soldier stands guard at the UN airbase in St. Louis du Nord, northern Haiti.
A staff member and translator at a cholera clinic run by the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission, near St. Louis du Nord.
Next: The election.
A young cholera patient drinks water as his mother looks on at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission cholera clinic, near St. Louis du Nord in northern Haiti.
A cholera patient is rehydrated with an IV at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission cholera clinic, near St. Louis du Nord in northern Haiti.
A young cholera patient rests as his mother looks on at the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission cholera clinic, near St. Louis du Nord in northern Haiti.
A woman and her family selling coconuts at the airport in Port de Paix, in northern Haiti.
The two men in the center wandered from room to room in the polling station in Cite du Soleil on November 28, election day, in Port au Prince shouting and attempting to disrupt the polling. They were eventually cuffed by police.
A man shows his bloodied mouth to a policeman after an altercation at the polling station in Cite du Soleil on November 28, election day, in Port au Prince.
Supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly confront Italian U.N. troops on election day at a U.N. facility in Cite du Soleil, Port au Prince. As of December 1, it appears as though Martelly, who’s also a bona fide rock star in Haiti, is one of the two front-runners in the race, although results are not final, and a run-off is likely.
A Haitian supporter of presidential candidate Michel Martelly at the Aviacion polling station in Port au Prince. The polling station was located in a multiple story housing project that was still occupied despite showing large cracks in its walls from the earthquake. As of December 1, it appears as though Martelly, who’s also a bona fide rock star in Haiti, is one of the two front-runners in the race, although results are not final and a run-off is likely.
Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly march on election day near the polling station at Aviacion, Port au Prince. As of December 1, it appears as though Martelly, who’s also a bona fide rock star in Haiti, is one of the two front-runners in the race, although results are not final and a run-off is likely.
Haitian children playfully lie in the street ahead of a march for presidential candidate Michel Martelly on election day in Port au Prince. As of December 1, it appears as though Martelly, who’s also a bona fide rock star in Haiti, is one of the two front-runners in the race, although results are not final and a run-off is likely.
An election worker prepares a ballot box in the Cite du Soleil polling place in Port au Prince on election day.
A child looks on as supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly confront Italian U.N. soldiers at a U.N. facility in the Cite du Soleil section of Port au Prince. It was not clear if the child was a fan of Martelly or was merely posing.
Supporters of Haitian presidential candidate Michel Martelly confront Italian U.N. troops on election day at a U.N. facility in Cite du Soleil, Port au Prince. As of December 1, it appears as though Martelly, who’s also a bona fide rock star in Haiti, is one of the two front-runners in the race, although results are not final and a run-off is likely.
Stephen Kosloff is a freelance photographer and writer based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He will be selling prints of these photographs (or any of his work that you fancy) and donating all of the proceeds to MMRC, an NGO that provides logistical support to aid groups in Haiti. You can reach him through his website, if you’re interested in snapping up some photos, as Christmas presents, for example.
