Haiti: The Audacity of Beauty

[Patricia Borns]

 

Haiti and travel aren't words that naturally pair in our minds. But photojournalist Maggie Steber, who's visited and revisited the country on and off assignment for 30 years, sees beauty there. As reported in Outside Magazine and the New York Times Lens Blog, there's plenty of beauty in Steber's images and stories showcased in her new website  Audacity of Beauty.

"Maybe it's not what we outsiders would recognize as beauty," says Steber in a series of videos on the site."Maybe it's an audacious idea that there's beauty in poor places. But in Haiti, it exists ... ." Steber hopes the site will help people see Haiti beyond the country of natural and political disasters, to the Haiti of culture, dignity, hope, and - yes - beauty.