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| Ramona Jaquez, who was having a home built by WestJet volunteers and local contractors in a project operated by Live Different, in the impoverished community of Aguas Negra in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Saturday, April 14, 2012. |
It’s been over a month, but here are a collection of images and a couple videos from an assignment
Herald reporter Jamie Komarnicki and I were sent on in Puerto Plata on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic.
On a personal/technical note, some of my favourite images from the assignment have a lot of empty, seemingly pointless, space.
I’m sometimes guilty of shooting, or editing, my images quite tight – a possible result of rushing through daily assignments for publication in a newspaper. It’s a simple way to give images impact. But it’s not always best.
Working the same assignment for a few days was very freeing. Wish I could do it more often.
Oh, and no flash! Didn’t even unpack it from my suitcase. Great!
All images ©2012 Stuart Gradon, Calgary Herald
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| WestJet employees, from left, Sara Foster and Sarah Speedie assist in the building of five homes for impoverished families in Aguas Negra, a community in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Friday, April 13, 2012. |
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| Ramona Jaquez, in her, under construction, home. |
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| Pablo Santana, 31, and Kenia Polanco, 25, help build their home. |
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| A WestJet employee surveys her work on a home. |
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| Rosa “Rosie” Joshephina Peyols assists in the building of her home. |
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| WestJet employee Alicja Rosnowski works on a home. |
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| Maria Del Carmen Salsuela, the mother of one of the impoverished families who’s having a house built. |
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| The work site. |
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| WestJet employees mix plaster at the work site. |
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| Ramona Jaquez, in her, under construction, home. |
Haitans working in Sosua dump:
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| Haitian refugee Menor picks recyclable bottles for money at a garbage dump near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Friday, April 13, 2012. |
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| WestJet employee Sarah Gauthier-Turner helps Haitian Menor (unknown lastname) pick recyclable bottles for money at a garbage dump. |
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| Victor Antonio Ynoa, the ‘Jefe’ or boss, of a garbage dump. |
The community of Aguas Negra:
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| Children of Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Sandra Tineo, described by some as the Mother Theresa of Aguas Negra, knocks on the door of a home in the impoverished community of Aguas Negra in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Tomaza Polanco, a grandmother and resident of Agraus Negra, breaks down while recounting the difficulties of dealing with water in her home the night before. |
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| Sandra Tineo, described by some as the Mother Theresa of Aguas Negra, comforts Tomaza Polanco, a grandmother and resident of Agraus Negra, who broke down while recounting the difficulties of dealing with water in her home the night before. |
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| Children of Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| A child in Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Children of Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| A child in Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Children of Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Children of Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| A woman, who works as a seamstress, in her home in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Children of Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| Grandmother and grandson in Aguas Negra, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
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| The front page and inside spread layout for the paper. |
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