Tent Life: Haiti

Photographs by Wyatt Gallery

Exhibition runs at Umbrage Gallery from January 6 – March 31, 2011

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In beautiful, inspirational portraits of dignity and determination, Wyatt Gallery’s photography from Tent Life: Haiti shows us the reality of Haitian living almost a year after the “worst natural calamity to befall any one country in modern times.” The 1.5 million Haitians who lost their homes in January 2010 still overwhelmingly live in tent cities, and the promised billions in foreign aid have yet to materialize.

While peacekeepers and aid donors have budgets that overshadow the government’s, a lack of coordination in their efforts has hampered recovery. Much remains to be done, and Tent Life: Haiti places a spotlight on the needs greater than money: housing, education, and good government.

The book, Tent Life: Haiti, contains an essay by Edwidge Danticat and will be available April 1, 2011. Books are available for preorder now. 100% of royalties from the book go towards the following Haitian charities: J/P Haitian Relief Organization, Healing Haiti, and the Global Syndicate.

Wyatt Gallery is an American photographer who has received numerous awards, such as the Fulbright Fellowship, the PDN 30, and 25 Under 25, Up and Coming American Photographers by Duke University. His photographs have been exhibited throughout the U.S. and are in major private and public collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the George Eastman House, and American Express. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has been published in the New York Times, Geo Saison, Esquire, Mother Jones, and Newsweek, amongst other international publications. Gallery is a self-proclaimed nomad who loves photographing spiritual sites throughout the world.