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personal work: voodoo in Haiti, 1994 to 1997

  • A hounsi (young girl initiated into the voodo cult) praying at night in the hounfor (place of worship) in November 1995
  • Altar, Petro rite in October 1995
  • In the Port-au-Prince suburbs, a secret society practicing the Petro rite celebrates a ceremony consecrated to St. John the Baptist in October 1995
  • A secret society practicing the Petro rite celebrates a family ceremonyin October 1995
  • On Twelfth Night a mambo (voodoo priestess) dancing in front of the altar dedicated to the loas (spirits) protectors of the community in January 1997
  • On Twelfth Night a believer is being looked after in front of the altar consecrated to the loas (spirits) protectors of the community in January 1997
  • A mambo, member of a secret society following the Petro rite, holds in her hand a dove to be sacrified in October 1995
  • Ceremony dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Two mambos (voodoo priestesses) are in a trance, possessed by the loas (spirits) in October 1995
  • Ceremony dedicated to St. John the Baptist. A houngan (voodoo priest) supporting a mambo (voodoo priestess) exhausted by a violent trance in October 1995
  • Dance and prayer during Twelfth Nigh in January 1997
  • The musicians of a Rara band walking on a road at the entry to the city of Gonaïves on Easter day in April 1994
  • On the day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a believer praying in the church in July 1995
  • On the day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel believers praying in the church in July 1995
  • On the day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel believers praying in the church in July 1995
  • In the sanctuary of the Congo rite of Soukri a ceremony consecrated to the goddess Inan, associated to Our Lady of Assumption in August 1996
  • A community of farmers from the Artibonite preparing to sacrifice a bull to the loa (spirit) Ogou Feray during the annual pilgrimage in July 1995
  • A mambo praying in the mud basin in the center of the village, during the annual pilgrimage dedicated to the loa (spirit) Ogou Feray in July 1995
  • Offerings in the mud basin in the center of the village, during the annual pilgrimage dedicated to the loa (spirit) Ogou in July 1995
  • A believer about to sacrifice a rooster during the annual pilgrimage dedicated to the loa (spirit) Ogou Feray in July 1994
  • During the big annual ceremony an initiate feeds the loa (voodoo spirit) which has possessed him with the blood of a sacrificed kid in January 1997
  • A believer sacrifices a rooster during the annual pilgrimage dedicated to the loa (spirit) Ogou Feray in July 1994
  • A mambo praying in the mud basin in the center of the village, during the annual pilgrimage dedicated to the loa (spirit) Ogou Feray in July 1994
  • On the day of the celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel a believer takes a « luck bath » under the waterfall where Erzulie, the loa (voodoo spirit) of femininity, lives in July 1995
  • On the day of the celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, believers take a « luck bath » under the waterfall where Erzulie, the loa (voodoo spirit) of femininity, lives in July 1995
  • On the day of the celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, believers take a « luck bath » under the waterfall where Erzulie, the loa (voodoo spirit) of femininity, lives in July 1994
  • On All Saints’ Day, the Guédés celebration. The voodoo followers gather in the cemeteries around the Cross of Baron Samedi, loa (spirit) of the dead in November 1995
  • Healing seance under the village crucifix in July 1995
  • On All Saints’ Day, the Guedes celebration. The voodoo followers gather in the cemeteries around the Cross of Baron Samedi, loa (spirit) of the dead in November 1995
  • On All Saints’ Day, the Guedes celebration. The voodoo followers gather in the cemeteries around the Cross of Baron Samedi, loa (spirit) of the dead in November 1995
  • Healing seance on a voodoo believer in July 1995
  • A pwen (a spell) in the countryside in April 1996
  • On All Saints’ Day women are possessed by the bawdy and pilferring Guédés, spirits of the dead in November 1995
  • On All Saints’ Day women are possessed by the bawdy and pilferring Guédés, spirits of the dead in November 1995
  • A seller of holy pictures in front of the Dezermit church next to Pétion-Ville. The loas (voodoo spirit) and the catholic saints in November 1996
  • Farmers voodoo ceremony during Twelfth Night in January 1997
  • On Easter weekend the community of Lakou de Souvenance organizing their big annual gathering in April 1996
  • On Easter weekend the community of Lakou de Souvenance organizing their big annual gathering. A mambo dancing after the sacrifice of a goat in April 1996
  • On Easter weekend the community of Lakou de Souvenance organizing their big annual gathering. Women dancing after the sacrifice of a goat in April 1996
  • On Easter weekend the community of Lakou de Souvenance organizing their big annual gathering. A mambo in the”Cep” position, a form of repenting in April 1996
  • On Easter weekend the community of Lakou de Souvenance organizing their big annual gathering in April 1996
  • The morning of Easter Monday the believers turn and pray around the sacred mapou (tree) in April 1996
  • The morning of Easter Monday the believers turn and pray around the sacred mapou (tree) in April 1996
  • Easter celebration. Mambos (voodoo priestesses) in April 1996
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