Interesting story of a photograph. Shot by Jamaican photographer Peter Dean Rickards.

Check out the video below…

About a year back, we brought you a few images from photographer Kareem Black’s visit to Haiti as part of a group of creative folks from several agencies around New York City who spent time volunteering and documenting the scene on behalf of Healing Haiti and Print for Change.

Now, a little over a year later, those same folks reconvene to show and auction off their work to benefit the people of Haiti. Check out the details, from Kareem, below…

Please save the date 4.7.11 and save some dollars to spend on art so we can save some lives! A year ago myself and 6 other artists went to Haiti. We called our selves “Le Set” or “The Seven” in creole. We were hoping to do what ever we could to help make a difference. Next Thursday April 7th we are having a show of all the work we made there. ALL proceeds from work sold will be going to our host charity “Healing Haiti” WWW.HEALINGHAITI.ORG . Here is the invite for the show!

Click the image above for the full flier or visit the events site here. RSVP for the event here.

…via KareemBlack.Tumblr.com.

Aspire to greatness.

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Father & Son.

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Gotta spread the news: one on the Cuban Revolution that closes this week and another on Haiti that kicks off tomorrow night…see the info on both below…

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 was one of the most spectacular political events of the twentieth century. A dramatic chapter in the Cold War, the improbable overthrow of the dictator Fulgenico Batista by a ragtag band of young Communist guerillas and intellectuals occurred just ninety miles from the United States. Tracing the movement from the triumphal entry of the rebels into Havana on January 1, 1959, to the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, this exhibition shows the tremendous influence of photography in recording and encouraging the revolutionary movement in Cuba. Among the most outstanding works in this exhibition of rare vintage prints are Alberto Korda’s famous portrait of Che Guevara titled “Heroic Guerrilla” and never-before-seen images of Che’s death in Bolivia in 1967. The show features work from over thirty photographers, including important images of pre-Revolutionary Cuba in the 1950s by Constantino Arias as well as classic images by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raúl Corrales, and Burt Glinn, among others. Cuba in Revolution explores everyday life in Cuba before and after the Revolution and considers the ways in which both Cuban and foreign photojournalists helped construct the image of the revolution abroad. The exhibition is organized by ICP chief curator Brian Wallis and independent curator Mark Sanders.

More info on the exhibition at The International Center of Photography, here: Cuba in Revolution | International Center of Photography.

In beautiful portraits of dignity and joy, photographer Wyatt Gallery shows us the reality of Haitian living nearly a year after what is arguably the worst natural disaster in modern history, the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake.

An exhibition of Wyatt Gallery’s photography will display at the Umbrage Gallery in DUMBO from January 6th through March 31st 2011, with an opening reception on Thursday, January 6th from 6-8 PM.

More info here: Haitian Tent City Photographs To Show At Umbrage Gallery.

Dom already dropped a dime on the recent Frank 151 Cuba issue, but when I came across this video that the folks at Frank dropped earlier this week online, I felt it only right to share.

Watch the video and share in the knowledge…

In Frank Chapter 42: Cuba, we asked professor and author (look for her book Cuba Represent!) Sujatha Fernandes to speak on the roots, current state, and future of hip-hop music and culture in Cuba. We paired her insightful interview with beautiful Polaroid portraits of Cuban rappers shot by Jauretsi Saizarbitoria.

If you haven’t checked out the issue, download it here: Frank Chapter 42: Cuba.

…Canadian photographer Jason Ness captures the life and vibrance in his collection of photographs entitled Havana. Featuring various people and places living life in the capital city of Cuba, Ness brings us into this world by showcasing the colorfulness and architectural glory of all things Havana…

Check out a few more shots from the collection below…

…via Definitive Touch.

Here’s another feature I’ve been meaning to get on the site for a while, but sometimes real life just seems to get in the way, doesn’t it? That said, shouts to Alma for passing the info on the latest issue of F.O.K.U.S.’s Insight Magazine.

Check out the details below…

…INSIGHT Volume III | Issue 4 is here and it is our largest issue to date and the thanks go out to Jeff Albert, Atiba T. Edwards and Allison Maritza Lasky for making this all possible.

Issue 4 is bursting at its virtual seams with art of all fare -starting with Jessica Stoller‘s amazing cover and art work which explores idealized femininity. Photographers in this issue give you glimpses into another world that is near yet miles away: Tessa Hirschfeld-Stoler and NYC’s walls of color; Ana María Agüero Jahannes and regal women of color; and Jolie Clifford and the narrative for getting lost and Jamie Killen and Colombia in a photo essay. Juxtaposition of art, process and aftermath are all evident through T.Cleo.Austin‘s painting spread; Vineeth Thomas‘ feature on Shawn Hollenbach and Lavelle Everett’s painting on the child soldiers. Ward Yoshimoto uses math and the grid format to have a conversation with you. Steve Riley paints the burden that society puts on the nude human body. Nate Vanderveen and Andrew Folster provide poetic balance to it all. Allison Maritza Lasky gives you glimpses of Ohio’s US-24 moving by at full speed. Atiba T. Edward’s gives the soundtrack to a recluse’s hunt for national treasure….

Check out the new issue here: INSIGHT, Volume III, Issue 4.

It’s safe to say that the last 10 months have been some of the hardest in the storied history of the island nation of Haiti. Through that time, the lenses of the world have been focused on the progress of the rebuilding process. Boston.com‘s The Big Picture continues their series, shining a light on the people, while helping to make sure that they are not forgotten in their time of need.

Below are some highlights from the set…

It has now been nearly ten months since the devastating January earthquake struck Haiti, reducing Port-au-Prince to rubble and claiming over 300,000 lives. In the time since, Haiti’s government, the United Nations, and many other aid agencies have struggled just to keep the population healthy and fed as it tries get back on its feet. Recent weeks have seen an outbreak of cholera, which has killed more than 300 people. The cholera strain is not native to Haiti, and reportedly matches strains found in South Asia, placing suspicion on U.N. personnel from that area who were stationed nearby. Some 1.3 million people are still crammed into thousands of makeshift camps dotted around the capital, leaving them vulnerable to both disease outbreaks and the elements – of particular concern as Tropical Storm Tomas now approaches, and may grow to Hurricane strength by landfall on Friday.

Check out the full feature here: Haiti, ten months later – The Big Picture – Boston.com.

DONATE: Through yele.org, RedCross.org, UNICEF or Habitat for Humanity International.

Running through these photos really took me back to my times in Havana. Check out a sampling of the set below, shot by Cuban photographer Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo.

Race in Cuba: Images of Cuban Life
Scenes from the lives led by black people on the island, shot by native son Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo.

Check out the full set here: TheRoot.com: Photos of Black Cuban Life.