On Tuesday, December 15th SF Camerawork was joined with Régine Romain, a Haitian-American artist, educator, and visual anthropologist. Romain’s presentation will focus on why centering varied storytelling modalities is critical in disrupting the systemic misrepresentation of Haiti and the Black diaspora at large. Romain will share some of the historic photographs that she took of Haiti in 2010 after the devastating 7.0 earthquake, and how those images motivated her to create a photo-inspired project - NOU PAP BLIYE: A Haitian Coloring Book." Nou Pap Bliye” in Haitian Kreyòl means “we will never forget.” Accordingly, this project seeks to honor those who perished ten years ago in Haiti and to highlight the strength and beauty of the survivors.

In this lecture, participants will considered the importance of representation and what it means to affirm, value, and sustain the worldviews of those who have been historically misrepresented and underrepresented like the people of Haiti. This lecture encouraged participants to consider critical connections and understandings of mixed-media art forms created by Black people and other POC, as powerful tools that communicate asset-based perspectives and disrupt the dominant ideas that frequently frame BIPOC as victims and not as agents and authors of our own lives and liberation.


Please visit Régine Romain's list of online resources mentioned and created for this event.

Régine Romain’s coloring book NOU PAP BLIYE: A Haitian Coloring Book is featured in SF Camerawork’s Book & Zine Fair.