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  • Photographer
    Petra Barth
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2006-2010
  • Technical Info
    Hasselblad6*6, trix-400, Nikon

Latin America and the Caribbean

Story

Through photography I found the media to catalogue people and events all over the globe, with a quality narrative, which attempts to reach deeper and sharpen awareness of reality in our world. The images I create should show a confluence between the perceived reality and my personal feelings. They try to be objective, but will be subjective at the same time with the purpose of convincing the viewer rather than affecting his subjectivity. I try to reveal scenes from daily life focused in common people in real places connected to a specific moment in time, representing big subjects of our contemporary reality.

My entire portfolio is a journey through different countries and faces with overlapping subjects, and common scenes of streets or homes. Since 2004 I am working on a project called “The Americas“. It started as a road trip and an escape from my” comfort zone”. This assignment covers North, Central, South America and the Caribbean, from Canada to Tierra del Fuego. Through a combination of still photography and descriptive narrative, my goal is to tell a story about emotional moments and human relationships in the Americas, bridging the gap between documentary and narrative.
Part of this project is my work in Haiti. I have been there 4 times during the last 4 years, before and after the earthquake. I did set up relationships with community leaders in Martissant one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods from Port-aux-Prince. The people living in Martissant, have no access to the basics of living, no electricity, no housing, no water, no waste management and worst no education. Hardly any NGO is working in Martissant, even though it is one of the most destroyed areas after the earthquake.

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