I just returned from spending 9 days in Haiti with doctors doing relief work. I shot thousands of photos while I was there and am going to be sifting through them for a long time to come. I wish I could say that there are a lot of uplifting stories to tell but the reality is that there are not many happy endings. I think this is some of the best work I have ever done and I will be very proud to share it once the project takes more shape. For now I’ll share this… this story was the first one to hit me really hard. This man had been suffering from an infection in his leg for a very long time. I had to leave the room and almost threw up from the smell while the nurse prepped it for surgery. His foot was swollen beyond belief and the infection had rotted parts of his calf down to the bone. To save his life the doctors had to amputate just above the knee. This portrait was shot minutes before he went into the OR and his leg was photographed just after it was removed.
