Jess DiPierro Obert

Photographer

Follow Hire

Clients: BuzzFeed News, Al Jazeera English, Rest of World, Bloomberg News, The New York Times

School: Arizona State University

Media News

Buzzfeed News: How A Mission To Turn A Haitian Town Into A Surfing Destination Failed To Live Up To Its Promise

jess dipierro obert

Sep 21, 2021

Location: Haiti

Photos. On assignment for Buzzfeed News. Surfing was a profitable enterprise in Jacmel, as locals rented out boards and hosted lessons. But the project’s recent struggles reflect the difficulty of obtaining resources in a country battered by a series of catastrophes.

How A Mission To Turn A Haitian Town Into A Surfing Destination Failed To Live Up To Its Promise
Surfing was a profitable enterprise in Jacmel, as locals rented out boards and hosted lessons. But the project’s recent struggles reflect the difficulty of obtaining resources in a country battered by
Buzzfeednews.com

1,607

Also by Jess DiPierro Obert —

Media

The New Humanitarian: As US pushes police mission, sceptical Haitians seek to rebuild their country themselves

Jess DiPierro Obert / Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Mar 7, 2024

Jess DiPierro Obert

Also by Jess DiPierro Obert —

The New Humanitarian: As US pushes police mission, sceptical Haitians seek to rebuild their country themselves

The Guardian and The New Humanitarian: ‘Women’s bodies weaponized’: Haiti gangs use rape in spiraling violence

Buzzfeed News: A US Project In Haiti Took Land And Broke Promises

The New Humanitarian: Haiti’s gangs and its children

Buzzfeed News: Most Children In Haitian Orphanages Aren’t Orphans — But US Missionaries Take Them Away From Their Families

The New Humanitarian: In Haiti, gang violence strains aid operations and demands new approaches

‘The Intelligence’: No safety in numbers, security in Haiti

1843 Magazine: Americans treated us like animals. Then they deported us to Haiti

Buzzfeed News: UN Peacekeepers Fathered Dozens Of Children In Haiti. The Women They Exploited Are Trying To Get Child Support.

Al Jazeera English: Haiti: ‘If a president is killed in his own home, who is exempt?’

The New Humanitarian: Gang violence and security vacuum in Haiti thwart aid delivery

Al Jazeera English: Haitian president’s killing fuels escalating fears, uncertainty

The New Humanitarian: Haiti still awaiting first COVID vaccines, as cases surge

Al Jazeera English’s ‘The Stream’: What is the true extent of COVID-19 in Haiti?

The New Humanitarian: In crisis-hit Haiti, rampant distrust of government is driving vaccine hesitancy

Rest of World: When the world's fintech underdogs can learn from a startup in Haiti

The New Humanitarian: Haitian mental health needs rise yet again with COVID-19 trauma

The New Humanitarian: Coronavirus in Haiti: Weakened by past disasters, the country was already in crisis

The New Humanitarian: Hunger in Haiti: Ten years after catastrophe struck, a new crisis looms

The New Humanitarian: Food and medical aid under threat as Haiti protests worsen

The New York Times: Weeknight Dinner Around the World

The New Humanitarian: Briefing: Haiti’s new crisis and the humanitarian risks