#KISANAPFEAKMATISAN (Ki sa nap fè ak Matisan, in Haitian Creole), an evocative hashtag, emerges as a poignant outcry in response to the harrowing events and incessant loss of lives in Matisan, an afflicted neighborhood nestled in the heart of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, burdened by unwarranted stigma. Matisan, entangled in the grip of armed gangs, grapples with neglect and control, while the haunting echo of violence, including acts perpetrated by the police, haunts the community.

#KISANAPFEAKMATISAN as a photoseries translates normalization of death in the lives of its resilient population. The use of fruits and bullets reflects its population’s daily intake; one scarce to find and the other, digested forcefully