The Photographer's Storm

In 2009, Patrick Farrell's haunting images from a brutal hurricane season in Haiti won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography.  Farrell was recognized for what the Pulitzer Committee called the "provocative, impeccably composed" photos of the fragile country's humanitarian disaster.  His photographs from Haiti also have been recognized with first place prizes from Pictures of the Year International and the Overseas Press Club among other awards.

The 2008 hurricane season was devastating for Haiti, where over 800 people were killed by four consecutive tropical cyclones (Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike), especially Hanna, in August and September.  I traveled to Cap Haitien in northern Haiti in February of last year and the devastation was incredible and in many respects not significantly greater than the Big Quake that occured in Port au Prince earlier this year.

Click here to view a slideshow of images from his award winning hurricane portfolio.  You can also view here a collection of images Patrick took after the Janaury 12 earthquake this year.