Portraits from "The Sacrifice".

Haitian Vodou is an art. I consider the vodouisants as great artists and Vodou as a theater of the sacred. The trance-induced visions, epiphany and catharsis that are created within the ritual act, play on the elemental nature of life and death. It is a ceremonial process whose subterranean language is made of earth, fire, blood. It traces itself back to the African continent and creates a living connection to this psychic heritage, reanimating the ancestral knowledge that is the foundation for Haitian Vodou. These rites are always in measure to the difficult existence found in Haiti. In this way, Haitian Vodou is an act of affirmation in the face of hellish adversity. The vital spirit of Vodou that has lasted centuries of persecution embraces the essence of our human nature to survive. Documenting this strength of endurance is core to my work.