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shortly after two policemen were burned in their truck to the left.

dont care about ratings etc. but feel free to view the "haiti street war" folder, or my

webpage at http://www.iwontgiveup.com

Brian.

i checked out the website, and the photos are excellent. the point of view seems very anti-aristide, but the work is excellent. and since im not there and the you were, who am I to dispute what you observed.

very nice work.

I took pictures of what I saw... that is all. Photojournalists have to be objective. In short- the majority of pro-Aristide citizens only wanted their democracy back.. the president they elected with their own votes- however-

The truth was that at the time, the majority of people in Port-au-prince were anti-Aristide. In the slums, such as City Soleil and La Saline, i spent time with people who wanted Aristide back.. but many locals considered journalists to be on Bush's side, (which assisted in removing Aristide), so, there was sometimes a lot of resistance to us (several journalists were killed or wounded). At the time, the pro-Aristide chimere (a group of armed guys who would attack people in the city) were kindof wreaking havoc in parts of Port-au-Prince.. The local police and Rebels at night would engage in street battles with them.. But, regular pro-aristide citizens were even afraid of chemere. You brought up an interesting point.. perhaps I should put some more photos of Pro-Aristide people on the site... The thing is though- What was happening (the negative things) was not due to Pro-Aristide people, it was due to a group of thugs who also happened to be Pro-Aristide.

for the explanation Brian.

that does help to clear things up a bit. And again, my knowledge of the conflict in haiti is only secondhand (books, media [independent and in rare cases otherwise], etc..) so i could never challenge what you saw with your own eyes. Thanks for taking the time out to clarify however.

And once again, excellent work. I just looked through the photos again. If you dont mind my asking, what kind of equipment was this shot with?

(D100/12-24mm). transmitting to wire service/newspaper in Canada so its the only option.

and these days i'm lazy to play with film.. ;)