Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 1987 - NYPL Digital Collections

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Description: Depictions of Haitians living in the capital city of Port-au-Prince at the time of the ill-fated Presidential election in November 1987, consisting of views of grieving relatives and friends of victims of political violence attending funeral services; individuals trying to go about their daily lives amid squalor and violence; individuals gathered in various indoor and outdoor spaces; groups of men, possibly representing armed gangs; members of the Haitian army; front exteriors of dwellings; and building fronts covered with political slogans and campaign posters. Some images are darkly printed, obscuring details and casting figures into deep shadows. Of note is a view of a vandalized market place where a young man is carrying two chunks of raw meat in the background while the back of a knife-welding individual is in the foreground.
Names: Sakellariou, Costa (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Other Date: 1987; Place: Haiti, Port-Au-Prince
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Portfolio (Sakellariou, C.)
Topics: Haitians -- Economic & social conditions -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince -- 1980-1989; Funeral rites & ceremonies -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince -- 1980-1989; Haiti -- History -- 1986-; Port-au-Prince
Genres: Portrait photographs; Group portraits
Notes: Statement of responsibility: Costa Sakellariou.; Content: Title based on box title.; Content: All photographs bear handwritten captions on verso.; Content: All items are Cibachrome (Ilfochrome) prints.; Biographical/historical: Costa Sakellariou is currently an adjunct photography professor in the Art Department of Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Physical Description: Extent: 25 items (one box); Extent: 25 photographic prints : color ; 21 x 26 cm; Dye destruction prints
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 1280528942; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22627803; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8533bac0-7309-013a-ec9d-0242ac110004

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