On Seeing Haiti by Photog Nate Howard

Photographer Nate Howard says of his recent journey to Haiti:

I am a full time newspaper photographer, yet I went to Haiti on my own time and money which allowed me to work in my truest form. The moral struggle to shoot pictures or clean wounds created an emotional conflict I am still questioning. What a shame it would have been to chase politicians or dead bodies. I saw the metro paper shooters, the wealthy film makers, darting about a ravaged country just as they do in New York City or the Bay Area. So, I regret that I didn't shoot more but then I don't know how I could be at peace if I were not to help people that were in desperate need. To return to the states and hear about the high sales of the iPad, or the pedal that sticks in a foreign car. All the talk of sports. This is why I prefer a camera for my essays. There is so much more I can offer in a picture than what I can do in writing.

posted by nthWORD at 4:08 AM