Vogue Photograph - 11/1/1935

View of ruins, Haiti

Published in Vogue 11/1/1935
by Cecil Beaton

In 1935, Cecil Beaton traveled to Haiti on assignment for Vogue to write about the “extraordinary isle” and to keep a photographic journal of his travels. The resulting images—among them Port-au-Prince’s majestic National Cathedral, the president’s palace, and a pink-and-white pinnacled tabernacle—are now available for purchase here. Buy one of these hauntingly beautiful prints of this now badly battered country, which Beaton then eloquently described as “so exotic and romantic, so highly colored an island . . . which seems to have everything and something more,” and 50%* of the sale price of each image will go to the Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund. Don’t miss the chance to marvel at Beaton’s portrayals of Haiti’s natural splendor while doing your part to help the country begin to heal.

*Proceeds of sales in AL, IL, MA, ME, and SC will NOT be donated to the Red Cross. The American Red Cross name and emblem are used with its permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, express or implied, of any product, service, company, opinion or political position. The American Red Cross logo is a registered trademark owned by the American Red Cross.Condé Nast Publications is supporting emergency relief efforts to help those affected by the Haiti earthquake by donating fifty percent (50%) of the sale price of every Cecil Beaton – Vogue Magazine Haiti print sold on www.vogue.com or www.condenaststore.com to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund until June 30, 2010. Assistance provided by the American Red Cross may include sending relief supplies, mobilizing relief workers and providing financial resources.
For more information about the American Red Cross, please visit www.redcross.org..