Recovering the Dead in Haiti – Lens

When I travel I take — in this case — a Holgaroid; a Holga with a Polaroid back. It’s a plastic camera. It’s very light. And I can fit those two things in my camera bag besides all my work equipment. When I am done working, on the day before I leave, I’ll go find things of interest and keep a journal of where I’ve been. Wherever I go — across the country or around the world — I always carry a notebook or a drawing pad. I buy little Crayolas, and draw and paint in the notebooks. And I always find someone who is of interest and who has touched me and ask them, if they don’t mind, if I may take a Polaroid of them and if they would write something in the notebook about themselves and their experience. I’ve been doing that for years. I have a lot of books.