A tap tap (local bus) accident, Carrefour-Feuilles, Port-au-Prince, 2002
Thomas Kern
Outside the market in Carrefour-Feuilles, Port-au-Prince, 2008
Thomas Kern
Fallen mango tree, Madame Paul, 1999
Thomas Kern
Erosion at the la Salle massif, 2003
Thomas Kern
UN soldiers in Bel-Air, Port-au-Prince, 2006
Thomas Kern
Day-labourer, Léogane, 2003
Thomas Kern
A worshipper in Ville de Bonheur church holds aloft a bank savings book, Saut d’Eau, 2008
Thomas Kern
St André church, Léogane, 1997
Thomas Kern
Beggar, Port-au-Prince, 2008
Thomas Kern
Outside the ice factory, Rue des Ramparts, Port-au-Prince, 1997
Thomas Kern
Apartment and funeral parlour, Shada neighbourhood, Cap Haïtien, 2008
Thomas Kern
Sacrifice ceremony, Plaine du Nord, 2008
Thomas Kern
Libèté (freedom), Bel-Air, Port-au-Prince, 2006
Thomas Kern
The entrance to the Bassin St Jacques, Plaine du Nord, 2008
Thomas Kern
Farm labourers, Meyer (Jacmel), 2003
Thomas Kern
The old market in the Cité Soleil shanty town, Port-au-Prince, 2008
Thomas Kern
Fresh bread, Léogane, 2001
Thomas Kern
Children at the Terre des Hommes charity centre, Les Cayes, 2001
Thomas Kern
Waiting for the funeral procession, Port-au-Prince, 1998
Thomas Kern
Body at the General Hospital, Port-au-Prince, 2003
Thomas Kern
Wandering voodoo priest, Ville de Bonheur, 2008
Thomas Kern
Before the earthquake: a look at daily life in one of the world's poorest nations.
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Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
Thomas Kern has documented the daily struggle of Haitians since 1997. These pictures show the difficulties ordinary people face as well as their relationship with voodoo religion. Thomas Kern works as a picture editor for swissinfo.ch and as a freelance photgrapher.
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Haiti devastation
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The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears hundreds of people may have died. Haiti’s worst quake in more than a century hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, wrecking the presidential palace, UN headquarters and countless other buildings.
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