Pa Bouje Ankò: Don’t Move Again

"Pa Bouje Ankò" uses the formal portrait to explore embedded hierarchies between photographers, participants and viewers. Shot in black and white with an 8x10 camera, the images present individuals living or temporarily residing in Haiti, in their particular surroundings; United Nations staff photographed on the UN Log Base, the former mayor of Port-au-Prince photographed in his home on the second anniversary of the earthquake, consultant Georges Michel in the conference room at the Ministry of Defense. Together, the collected portraits form a typology, updating August Sander’s People Of The 20th Century for the age of globalization.

Haiti's high concentration of foreign players in the fields of politics, development and aid functions as a lens focusing and magnifying the effects of globalization; on democracy, on the environment, on individual citizens. The portraits depict citizens navigating present and past in a nation whose statehood is in constant flux, where colonial legacies come up against contemporary political realities on a daily basis.

© Laura Heyman - Seventh Day Adventist Prayer Meeting, Stadium Saint Therese, 2017
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Seventh Day Adventist Prayer Meeting, Stadium Saint Therese, 2017

© Laura Heyman - Volunteers Installing JR’s “Rising Souls Haiti”, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince, 2012
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Volunteers Installing JR’s “Rising Souls Haiti”, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince, 2012

© Laura Heyman - Camesuze Mondesir, Grand Rue, 2011
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Camesuze Mondesir, Grand Rue, 2011

© Laura Heyman - Thierry Gardiere, Barbancourt, 2015
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Thierry Gardiere, Barbancourt, 2015

© Laura Heyman - George and Judy Sands, Mountain Maid Baptist Self Help Center, Kenscoff, 2014
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George and Judy Sands, Mountain Maid Baptist Self Help Center, Kenscoff, 2014

© Laura Heyman - Jean-Yves Jason at his home in, Turgeau, January 2012
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Jean-Yves Jason at his home in, Turgeau, January 2012

© Laura Heyman - Aristide, Delmas, 2015
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Aristide, Delmas, 2015

© Laura Heyman - Preval, Biblioteque National, 2016
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Preval, Biblioteque National, 2016

© Laura Heyman - Martelly, Peguy Ville, 2017
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Martelly, Peguy Ville, 2017

© Laura Heyman - Papa Doc and Baby Doc, Marche Salomon, 2015
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Papa Doc and Baby Doc, Marche Salomon, 2015

© Laura Heyman - Construction Site, La Saline, 2018
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Construction Site, La Saline, 2018

© Laura Heyman - Daniel Morel, Oloffson Hotel, 2017
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Daniel Morel, Oloffson Hotel, 2017

© Laura Heyman - Charles Constant, Carrefour Feuilles, 2012
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Charles Constant, Carrefour Feuilles, 2012

© Laura Heyman - Caroline Demarque, U.N. LOG Base, 2011
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Caroline Demarque, U.N. LOG Base, 2011

© Laura Heyman - Patrick Elie, Turgeau, 2013
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Patrick Elie, Turgeau, 2013

© Laura Heyman - Citizen's Committee, Marisant, 2012
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Citizen's Committee, Marisant, 2012

© Laura Heyman - Myrland Constant in Her Studio, Carrefour Feuilles, 2011
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Myrland Constant in Her Studio, Carrefour Feuilles, 2011

© Laura Heyman - Georges Michel at the Ministry of Defense, 2015
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Georges Michel at the Ministry of Defense, 2015

© Laura Heyman - Director and Volunteers for Poverty Resolutions at the Plaza, 2015
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Director and Volunteers for Poverty Resolutions at the Plaza, 2015

© Laura Heyman - Maarten Boute at the Iron Market, 2015
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Maarten Boute at the Iron Market, 2015

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