They Call It Canaan

In the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, the most crowded city in one of the most densely packed countries in the Western Hemisphere, class and elevation are intextricably linked. Petionville, where Haiti's wealthiest citizens and foreign-aid contractors live amid upscale hotels and well-tended parks, stood above poor neighborhoods. These neighborhoods were decimated when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010. Here, Kushner features the Canaan settlement, a three square miles of land north of the capital declared as a public domain by President Rene Preval to shelter people displaced by the earthquake.