Photographer Alix Dejean

21 Dec ’10

An older gentlemen has been showing up at my job purchasing the last of our Kodak color paper (Kodak has discontinued their print darkroom paper) for the past couple of weeks. And I knew from his thick accent that he was of Haitian origin. But today I revealed or shared background and he opened up rather quickly telling me his life story in a few quick sentences. This included his decades long career photographing the people of Harlem and being a Civil engineer. In 2008, the NY Times even thought his work and life warranted a piece. His is a Brooklyn native and I hope to do something on …

Random Film Scans from January 2010 to Spring

23 Aug ’10

These pictures go back all the way to January of this year from a benefit for Haiti post-earthquake to random street photos.

Documentary Hands That Feed Needs Your Support (Haiti’s Agriculture)

28 Jul ’10

Hands That Feed- Video Pitch from Pangea Films on Vimeo. Hands That Feed is a documentary film exploring the agricultural collapse in Haiti, its role in the post-earthquake food crisis, and the emerging grassroots development models that seek to restore Haiti’s food supply and environment. Hands That feed is currently fundraising, and needs your support, and help in spreading the word.

Video: Rob Dnasli Talks His Work In Haiti

31 May ’10

Rob Dnasli Talks About His Work in Haiti from Richard Louissaint on Vimeo.

Emeline Michel, Come Dance With Me. 3.6.2010

10 Mar ’10

Discovered her through a friend, bought an album through itunes, but I wasn’t listening til I heard this song:

This Sunday (1.24.10): Kampe Ansam! Haiti Benefit

21 Jan ’10

Events this week Benefiting Haiti Courtesy of Nobody Beats the LIZ

19 Jan ’10

So fellow photographer Elizabeth Allen has done the duty of listing some of the upcoming events benefiting Haiti relief. Show/Event Picks of the Week: 1.18.10 Help Haiti Edition! « Nobody Beats the LIZ.

Haiti Becomes a Twitter Trending Topic

15 Jan ’10

Note: Twitter’s trending topics list the top ten most tweeted topics on Twitter at any given time. Haiti made it! A Trending topic. A Filipino friend said welcome to the club of trending after a disaster. Haitian American have been coming out the lips of anchors every day this week. Social …

A Piece on Haitian Photographer Daniel Morel

1 Dec ’09

A piece on Haitian photographer Daniel Morel Haitians, like Palestinians, are misrepresented in the mainstream press.

Something Different: A Lost Edwidge Danticat Interview

1 Dec ’08

During the release of an anthology entitled The Butterfly’s Way, that author Edwidge Danticat put together, I had a chance to interview her for a now-defunct online magazine called Native. By Richard Louissaint Imagine this scene: a grandmother of Haitian descent serving up stories to a group of children—many of whom are little nieces, nephews, and grandchildren—as they sit around her. Before the start of each story, the grandmother shouts “Kric!,” and only begins speaking, in her native language Kreyol, after the young audience responds with an affirming “Krac!” In the oral tradition of Haitian storytelling, these two phrases “Kric” …

Paul Beaubrun at Haiti Optimiste

18 Dec ’07

Paul Beaubrun, originally uploaded by richlouis. This past Sunday was good because the day of shooting for Khary’s film was canceled cause of the weather and got to sleep in. Also, I ended up in Tribeca at the Bubble Lounge for i guess a Haitian culture appreciation function, complete with …

The Archives