"This is a portrait story of Haitian internal displaced people, IDP, of the February 12th mega earthquake that killed 230,000 people. And people in this story are those of newly created one million and 200,000 homeless in/ around Port au Prince, the capital of the country.
I started to photograph them 6 days after the quake, in Pont-Rouge, one of the biggest earthquake refugee camps, probably the biggest: the number of the IDP is tens of thousand. They were so hungry and so thirsty when I first visited the camp. Nearly everyone asked me food and water, putting their hands on stomachs and saying “Grangou,” or (I am) very hungry in English. At the same time they were very tough and resilient people. Despite their starving, they started to build their own shelter by themselves, using shabby cloths, woods, plastic bags and whatever available... ( more )
Q. Sakamaki is a New York-based Japanese photographer. He has covered both U.S. domestic issues and international events, particularly the deadly conflicts and human rights issues. His photographs have appeared in books and magazines worldwide including Time, Newsweek, and Stern, Readers Digest, and Rolling Stone and he has been exhibited in solo shows in New York and Tokyo. He has received numerous awards, including the World Press Photo, Olivier Rebbot of Overseas Press Club, and Days International Photojournalism Award. Sakamaki holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York. He has published several books, including the late ones: “WAR DNA”, the coverage of seven different deadly conflicts, published in Japan, and “Tompkins Square Park”, a photo essay of New York’s Lower East side’s anti-gentrification movement, published by PowerHouse Books. He has also been video-documenting world events. His footage of the Liberian war used in “Liberia: An Uncivil War”, was nominated on the 26th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2005. ( Redux Pictures ).
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