FOHLEN Corentin

Lumane Casimir

France

2017Jury

 

Further to the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010, a project was developped to build a new city about 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) away from Port-au-Prince. The administration decided on a site, far from everything, with no water supply or electricity, to try and compensate the lack of housing possibilities in the capital.

The project did not live up to expectations: unemployment, delayed opening of the local school, supply of non-drinkable water, unfair distribution of electricity and not enough space to host entire families. The rent is $50 per month and is affordable mostly for middle-class households. But two third of the city remains unoccupied.

About the artist

Corentin Fohlen was born in 1981 in Quimper (France). He started to be a photojournalist in 2014 and is also part of the duo EPECTASE as an artist-photographer. His work is displayed and shown in many festivals, such as Les Rencontres d’Arles, Visa pour l’Image, Scoop d’Angers, BarrObjectif… He won the second prize of the World Press Photo 2016 in the “Spot News” category.