Behind the Scenes: Child’s-Eye View of Haiti – Lens

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Behind the Scenes: Child’s-Eye View of Haiti

What distinguishes these photojournalists in Haiti? For one thing, they are 9 to 18 years old. And, as Candice Chan reports, they live there.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/behind-33/

For two weeks, 28 young Haitians used their perspective as citizens to create a distinctive document: pictures of Haiti, as it regenerates, through the eyes of insiders.

With point-and-shoot digital cameras, students ranging in age from 9 to 18 participated in a project organized by the nonprofit Zanmi Lakay Photography Workshop, run by Jennifer Pantaléon, 48, and her husband, Guy Pantaléon, 41.

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