Edine Célestin

Edine Célestin (1984) is a photojournalist and human rights activist based in North Carolina, USA. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, she is a co-founder of the Haitian collective of journalists, photographers and filmmakers, Kolektif 2 Dimansyon (K2D).

Formed in October 2014, K2D, authored the project KAZAL, Mémoires d’un massacre sous Duvalier: Une approche photographique (2019, Port-au-Prince, Haiti). The photographic research project and publication were the inspiration for the Framer Framed exhibition KAZAL – Narrating Haitian Memories, for which Edine Célestin is a participating artist. The exhibition, curated by Nicola Lo Calzo, took place from 27 May to 21 August 2022 at Framer Framed, Amsterdam.

She regularly collaborates with Haitian and international media, notably the Nouvelliste and Challenges. Her work has been showcased in Haiti, France, USA, Mali and the Netherlands.