Haiti & Cuba: Intertwined Cultures Before and After the Earthquake

The Takeaway | Feb 5, 2010

A photo-journalism and essay project by the Miami-based Iris Photo Collective portrays the complex connections between Haiti and her neighbor Cuba. We speak with Iris co-founders Carl Juste and Luis Rios talk about the photographs and essays, produced before the earthquake, and how their context has changed after the disaster.

See a slideshow of photographs from Luis Rios and Carl Juste:

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