Shaul Schwarz

Haiti

In January 2004 with frustration rising against president Jean-Bertand Aristide, angered mobs took to the streets of Haiti. After weeks of violence that spread throe out the country finally making it’s way to the capitol of Port-au-Prince, president Aristide was forced to fled the country leaving behind a poor and desperate Haiti still trying to find a path to civil obedience and brighter days. Schwarz’s coverage of the conflict included an iconic picture of a young boy looting a raw peace of meat that was widley published and receved a world press award among many other awards.

A human skull stands on a stick as Haitian rebels in Gonaives Patrol the streets fallowed by hundreds of supporters.
  
Haitian rebels protect a hut serving as a command center for Buteur Metayer leader of the Gonaives resistance.
   
Anti Aristide protesters marche the streets of Port-au-Prince before clashing with police forces.
     
  
Haitian rebels in Gonaives set Dozens of barricades to block all roads to northern Haiti, leaving population to carry goods in and out of the cityby foot.
   
A Haitian rebels and his girl friend in Gonaives Patrol the streets fallowed by hundreds of supporters.
   
Haitian rebel points his wepon towards a by passer in Gonaives as he Patrols the streets fallowed by hundreds of supporters.
     
  
A young man plays with his gun in the city of Gonaives Tens of thousands participated in the biggest anti Aristide march yet to be held in the rebel controlled city of Gonaives.
   
A young boy who was shot in the shoulder during cross fire in the city of Gonaives is treated at the hospital of Saint Mark. The hospital in Gonaives has been closed ever since the rebels took control of town causing many deaths.
  
A mother looks over her dead baby in the morgue. The hospital in Gonaives has been closed ever since the rebels took control of town causing many deaths.
     
  
A man walks in the storage room of the morgue at the hospital in Gonaives after it has been closed ever since the rebels took control of town causing many deaths.
  
A old woman walks in front of the police station building in the city of Gonaives after rebles took control of the city and tourched many govrment buildings.
  
Relatives and friends grief at a funeral of women who was killed mistakenly by cross fire inside her house.
     
  
A teenage rebel holds a gun at the entrance to one of the rebel houses in Gonaives.
   
A solider holds up his gun at the center square of Gonaives as tens of thousands participated in a huge anti Aristide march held by rebels commanded under Guy Phillip.
  
Rebel commander Guy Phillip greets a crowd of thousands at the center square in the city of Gonaives during an anti Aristide march in the rebel controlled city of Gonaives.
     
  
rebles toy around with there guns in the city of Gonaivesafter chasing out police and goverment workers.
   
Rebels take part in a shoot out after being shoot at by Shiemer members in the streets of Cap Hatien
   
A man hurt by cross fire between rebels and former police men gets rushed to the hospital in the city of Cap Hatien.
     
  
Pro Aristide men wave flags in the annual carnival as it passes in front of the white house in the capitol Port-au-Prince.
   
Looters room the torched down town city of Port-au-Prince the day after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
  
An Aristide supporter stands in front of a building torched by the pro Aristide mob after hearing the news that Prime Minster Aristide resigned and fled the country.
     
  
A man walks down a Smokey downtown street of Port-au-Prince the day after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
  
Mass looting takes place in the port of Porta au Prince as chaos spreads across the streets of the capital the day after president Aristide fled the countr.
   
A child runs with a piece of raw meet as mass looting takes place in the Port-au-Prince harbor the day after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
     
  
Aristide supporters loot a local gas station the day after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
   
Aristide supporters run down the streets of down town Port-au-Prince the day after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
   
Aristide supporters hold a picture of him in the air as they rally in down town Port-au-Prince the day after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
     
  
A women cries as her relative has been shoot down and wounded in cross fire the day after president Aristide fled the country lawlessness spread around the capitol.
  
Member of the Haitian National Police kneels as civilians hit the floor when gun fire spread in front of the white house. The day after president Aristide fled the country lawlessness spread around the capitol.
  
Rebels are surrounded by supporters as they take over the city of Port-au-Prince.
     
  
Garbage on the streets of Port-au-Prince days after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
   
Pedestrians walks by a man who was killed during a bloody shoot-out days after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
   
A women walks by a body left on the ground during a bloody shoot-out days after president Aristide fled the country and lawlessness spread around the capitol.
     
  
An Aristide supporter raises her hand in the air and cries after hearing the news that he had fled the country.