Haiti, 2 Years Later

A visit to the sites of the most iconic pictures of Haiti's 2010 earthquake to see what has -- and hasn't -- been reconstructed two years later.

BY BEN DEPP | JANUARY 13, 2012

On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake leveled Haiti's capital city, killing over 100,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands more homeless. Desperate Haitians spent weeks with streets strewn with corpses, as injured and traumatized victims transformed Port-au-Prince into a gigantic refugee camp.

Photographer Ben Depp went back to the sites of the most iconic images of Haiti's destruction to see what these places look like two years later. Above, a picture of the destroyed Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 14, 2010.

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Ben Depp has been based in Haiti since 2008. He has a particular interest in exploring the relationship between communities and their environment. Recent clients include Newsweek, New York Times, TIME Video, L'Équipe and The Times. You can see more of his work at his website.