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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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Forest in the Macaya National Park

One of the last remaining forest in Haiti. It is home to 26 species of frogs.
  • Unknown
  • 2010
  • Macaya
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-NC

Cloud formation

This picture was taken in the high mountains of Haiti and it highlights the thick clouds that reflect the light of the setting sun in 2010.

  • Michael Swan
  • 2010
  • Haiti
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-ND

First aid training

Students are practicing the first aid techniques they have been taught by International Disater’s Volunteers.

  • Unknown
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Disasters, Education, Formal, Health / Hospital / Illness
  • CC BY

First Aid training

First aid training organized by International Disaster Volunteers after the 2010 Earthquake.

  • Unknown
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Disasters, Education, Formal, Health / Hospital / Illness
  • CC BY

Hurricane Thomas Looms over IDP Camp

Dark clouds loom over a camp for people displaced by the January 2010 earthquake, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

  • Logan Abassi
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Disasters, Earthquakes, IDP Camps
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Dance Therapy

Members of Tchaka Dance, a Haitian dance troupe, and psychosocial mobile teams from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) work with displaced Haitians to help them overcome the emotional stress caused by the 12 January earthquake

  • Sophia Paris.
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Earthquakes, Humanitarian Aid, IDP Camps, Religion / Celebration, United Nations
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Building Makeshift Shelter

A displaced Haitian man builds a makeshift shelter at Port-au-Prince’s golf course where many like him have set up temporary homes following the 2010 Earthquake.

  • Marco Dormino
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Disasters, Earthquakes, IDP Camps
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Doctor Treats Residents at IDP Camp

A U.S. doctor treats a boy at a camp on Port-au-Prince’s golf course, where many displaced Haitians have set up temporary shelters.

  • Marco Dormino
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Disasters, Earthquakes, Humanitarian Aid, IDP Camps
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Building transitional shelter

A worker at a factory run by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Port au Prince, Haiti.

  • Russell Watkins
  • 2010
  • Port-au-Prince
  • Construction, Earthquakes, Industry / Manufacturing
  • CC BY-SA

Another Haiti

Beautiful landscape with plain, mountain and blue sky from Haiti.

  • Unknown
  • 2009
  • Haiti
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-NC

Rural life

Men sit outside after a day of labour in the countryside near Cap Haitien.

  • Dan Lundmark
  • 2009
  • Cap-Haïtien
  • Family / Children
  • CC BY

School girl and UN soldiers

A typical scene of school kids and UN trucks on the newly paved road between Cap Haitien and the Dominican Republic.

  • Dan Lundmark
  • 2009
  • Cap-Haïtien
  • Daily Life, Education, United Nations
  • CC BY