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Carl-Philippe Juste

Carl-Philippe Juste, a Haitian-born photojournalist, fled persecution in 1965 and settled in Miami’s Haitian community. Since 1989, he has worked for the Miami Herald, earning numerous accolades including a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, National Headliner Award, and a Collier Prize for his impactful storytelling through photography. Juste cofounded the Iris PhotoCollective in 1998 and received a Knight Arts Challenge grant in 2016 for his project Havana, Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community, which explores the shared humanity between Cubans and Haitians. He opened the IPC ArtSpace in 2019 to promote arts engagement and won The Ellies, Oolite Arts Awards in both 2019 and 2021. In 2022, Juste was featured in the HBO documentary Endangered, highlighting the challenges faced by journalists today. His commitment to visual storytelling continues to make a significant impact in the field of photojournalism.

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