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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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Fanmi peyizan (2006)

A mother and her children stand in front of their thatched house in the mountains of Cahos near Medor, Artibonite.

  • Monika Piskorek-Gradvaux
  • 2006
  • Medor
  • Documentary, Household / Chlldren / Family

Haitian plain

Landscape near Gonaïves, Haiti.

  • Unknown
  • 2006
  • Gonaives
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY-NC-ND

Night birth (2006)

A midwife cleans and checks a newborn baby seconds after the birth at the MSF Hospital in Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite, Artibonite, Haiti.

  • Stephane Grandvaux
  • 2006
  • Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite
  • Documentary, Formal, Health / Hospital / Illness

Rebels, Gonaives (2004)

Rebels resting in Gonaives before taking Cap Haitien and marching onto the capital Port au Prince to overthrow President, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Gonaives, Haiti, January 2004.

  • Monika Piskorek-Gradvaux
  • 2004
  • Gonaives
  • Documentary, Gangs / Riots / Rebels, Justice / Law enforcement, Politics

Guy Philippe (2004)

Guy Philippe, one of the coup leader against President Jean Bertrand Aristide, smiling days before marching onto the capital Port au Prince, Gomaives, Haiti, January 2004.

  • Stephane Grandvaux
  • 2004
  • Gonaives
  • Documentary, Gangs / Riots / Rebels, Justice / Law enforcement, Politics

Bonbon church

A man poses in front of a church in Bonbon, Grand Anse, Haiti.

  • Ken Bosma
  • 2001
  • Bonbon, Jérémie
  • Architecture, Common, Religion / Celebration
  • CC BY

Anse d’Azure

Beach near Jeremie, Haiti.

  • Ken Bosma
  • 2001
  • Jérémie
  • Environment / Landscape
  • CC BY

Buter Metayer (2004)

Buter Metayer and Guy Philippe (right) before the march on Port au Prince which led to the overthrow of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, Gonaives, January 2004.

  • Stephane Grandvaux
  • 2004
  • Gonaives
  • Documentary, Gangs / Riots / Rebels, Justice / Law enforcement, Politics

Protest against Aristide (1993)

Police Paramilitaries Tonton Macoutes protest against Aristide return in Haiti.

  • 1993
  • Justice / Law enforcement, Military / Police, Politics, Vintage

Gonaives (1986)

A young girl is playing on the pavement in Gonaives, Haiti.

  • Danny Lyon
  • 1986
  • Gonaives
  • Daily Life, Documentary, Household / Chlldren / Family, Vintage

Mardi Gras, Gonaives (1984)

Two youngsters dressed for Carnival imitating the ‘tonton macoutes‘ in Gonaives.

  • Danny Lyon
  • 1984
  • Gonaives
  • Carnival, Celebrations, Documentary, Vintage

Woman with pipe (1984)

Woman with Pipe, Traditional Medicinal Plant Healer, Haiti, 1984

  • 1984
  • Documentary, Healers, Health / Hospital / Illness, Vintage