Shadows of the Fallen
Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, 2021
Across Haiti’ s streets, Charlot traces the intersections of resistance and resolve. In Shadows of the Fallen, Charlot photographs a Haitian man on the boardwalk in Cap-Haïtien, his gaze locked onto the scene of protest before him, which is outside the frame. Captured in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’ s assassination in 2021, this moment speaks to Haiti’ s cycles of unrest and resilience. The air is thick with grief and fire— a nation is in mourning. The man’ s posture, weary yet resolute, echoes the cycles of revolution that have shaped Haiti since its birth as the world’ s first free Black republic. It is a portrait of Haiti beyond headlines— a land of revolution and ritual, protest and grief, and the quiet presence of those who remain.
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