Maggie Steber’s 25-Year Quest to Photograph Haiti’s Beauty

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Quietly Finding Haiti’s Audacious Beauty

During scores of trips to Haiti, Maggie Steber decided she had to find the country’s quiet moments. A new Web site showcases her 25-year search for beauty there.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/quietly-finding-haitis-audacious-beauty/?pagewanted=all

To much of the outside world, the image of Haiti — when it pops up at all — is one of catastrophes, both natural and man-made. Violence, grinding poverty, flood, earthquakes all leave a lingering image of a benighted nation bereft of tender moments.

Maggie Steber thinks that’s nonsense — and she has the pictures to prove it.