BEAUTY and POVERTY INTERTWINED

"All Dolled Up"  

Photography from Haiti by Food For The Poor Photographer, Ben Rusnak.

A little Haitian girl all dolled up in a pretty yellow dress with a sad countenance and scared body. 

The photo is 9x14 and frame size 12x16.   

Benjamin Rusnak is a humanitarian photojournalist. Since 2000, Ben has documented poverty in the Caribbean and Latin America for Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development agency in the United States, based in Coconut Creek, FL. 

Mr. Rusnak has brought a decade of newspaper experience telling the stories of those in need in to the developing world.

Ben's work has been recognized by Pictures of the Year International, the Best of Photojournalism, the International Photography Awards, the New York Photo Awards, Photo District News, the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, the Alexia Foundation and the China International Press Photo Contest. In 2008, Rusnak tied himself for first place to win the prestigious Gordon Parks Award. In 2009, Ben's exhibition of Dreams & Tempests premiered as part of the citywide festival, Atlanta Celebrates Photography. In 2005, the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in Delray Beach, FL, featured a solo exhibition of his work with the poor.

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