ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Every year thousands of people in Haiti make the pilgrimage to the sacred Saut d’Eau waterfall. The religious feast combines Christian and voodoo beliefs honoring Virgin Mary and a wide range of spirits called loas. At the waterfall believers pray before bathing in the waterfall in a cleansing ritual.

AUTHOR
Felipe Jácome is a documentary photographer born in Quito, Ecuador. After finishing his studies at the Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics, his work has focused on issues of human mobility and human rights. Jacome’s photos have appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy Magazine, The Guardian, Vice Magazine, CNN Photo Blog and the Miami Herald. His most recent work aims to document the work of female activists around the world through the creation of “visual testimonies,” that combine his portraiture with the women’s written testimonies and artistic expressions, allowing them to reappropriate their images and narratives.

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