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Welcome to the EKO Haiti Photographic database. With photographs dating back to the 1880s up to the present and including a wide variety of subjects pertaining to all aspects of life in Haiti, our database is the largest crowdsourced searchable photographic archive dedicated to Haiti.

Photographs contained in this database have either been acquired directly from their authors or the public domain under Creative Commons Licences. The licence type for each photograph is available in the image Metadata (under the photograph) and we ask users to follow the CC licence rules when using the image. For images labelled as 'UNLICENSED', we kindly ask users that these photographs are cited 'Courtesy of the EKO Haiti Archives'.

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Rubble in Truitier

Men are sorting rubble left by the 2010 earthquake at the Truitier debris management site.
  • Romel Simon
  • 2012
  • Truitier
  • Disasters, Earthquakes, Industry / Manufacturing
  • CC BY-NC-ND

UN Cash for Work

Employed by MINUSTAH, local residents pass stones from hand to hand along a line to build rock walls and plant vegetation as a way to save arable land and prevent flooding in lower areas.

  • Logan Abassi
  • 2012
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Environment / Landscape, Humanitarian Aid, United Nations
  • CC BY-NC-ND

The E-Power plant in Port-au-Prince

Manager of Hyundai Heavy Industries (contractor at E-power) Kevin Jung J. H., (center) working at E-Power plant in Port-au-Prince

  • Dominic Chavez
  • 2012
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Industry / Manufacturing, Power plant, Utilities
  • CC BY-NC-ND

PRODEPUR-Habitat project Electricity

Many residents of Delmas 32, a neighborhood in Haiti are beneficiaries of the PRODEPUR- Habitat project, in Delmas 32, Haiti. The neighborhood now has electricity until 11pm.

  • Dominic Chavez
  • 2012
  • Delmas
  • Daily Life, Utilities
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Electricity until 11pm

Toussaint Yanick a small shop keeper and beneficiary of the PRODEPUR- Habitat project, in Delmas 32, Haiti.

  • Dominic Chavez
  • 2012
  • Delmas
  • Utilities
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Delmas 32

A view of Delmas 32, a suburb of Port-au-Prince.

  • Dominic Chavez
  • 2012
  • Delmas, Port-au-Prince
  • Architecture, Common, Daily Life
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Haiti: tire gardens

Cabbage planted in the tire gardens by the Colladere MPP (Papaye Peasant mouvement) Coop.

  • Nicole McConvery
  • 2011
  • Colladere
  • Agriculture
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Sewing classes in Jeanton School

Many young people, mainly girls, have registered for the sewing class that will last nine months of intensive sewing training.

  • Tony Boursiquot
  • 2011
  • Jeanton
  • Education
  • CC BY

Sans-Souci Palace

A man climbs up the steps of Sans-Souci Palace, a 200-year-old royal residence built by King Henri-Christophe, near Cap-Haïtien.

  • Victoria Hazou
  • 2011
  • Cap-Haïtien
  • Architecture, Monumental
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Lake Etang Saumatre

View of Etang Saumatre.

  • Unknown
  • 2010
  • Haiti
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-NC

Site for new tent city

Chosen area for relocation of Earthquake victims from Port au Prince. 

  • Unknown
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Disasters, Earthquakes, Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-NC

Haitian landscape

Haitian landscape with gardens

  • Jorge Fusaro
  • 2010
  • Haiti
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-ND