'The Recyclers of Port-au-Prince'

• Photographer
  Giles Clarke, United States
• Studio
  CNN Digital
• Website
  http://www.gilesnclarke.com/
• Instagram
  @clarkegiles

In a 200-acre-plus dump 5 kilometers north of Haiti’s capital,
Port-au-Prince, hundreds of men, women and children scavenge
day and night through the burning wasteland. They earn $12 to
$15 a day — on a good day — for recycling plastics as well as
clothing, household items and aluminum. Some 5,000 tons of
waste is created each day in the Port-au-Prince area. I spent a few
days there in January 2015 documenting this toxic landscape.

Giles Clarke is a photojournalist focusing on capturing the human face of current and post-conflict global issues.

Awards 2024: World Report Award - Master Award Winner - Festival Della Fotografia Etica - Lodi, Italy.
2022: Winner of the Sharjah Government Communication Award for his past work in prisons in El Salvador
2021: Winner of the 'WARS Photography Award' created by Associazione 46 Parallelo / Atlante Delle Wars in Italy for work in Yemen.
2021: PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Gold Award - 'Yemen In Covid' - War/Press Category.