David Rochkind is based in Port au Prince, Haiti.
David grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan and studied sociology at the
University of Michigan. He then moved to Caracas, Venezuela in 2003,
where he began to work as a freelance photographer. While covering the
entire region, his work appeared in newspapers and magazines, including
The New York Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, Stern, Rolling Stone, Le
Monde Magazine and others. David has also worked for a variety of NGOs
and development organizations, including CARE, The Carter Center, UNHCR
and the World Health Organization.
In 2008, he moved to Mexico City where he began working on the book
Heavy Hand, Sunken Spirit, which examines the long-term costs and
consequences of the country’s drug war (Dewi Lewis Publishing, October
2012). For the past 4 years he has worked on a project about the global
TB epidemic and recently developed the work into an educational website
and curriculum for high schools, that teaches about TB and public
health in the developing world (www.tbepidemic.org).
His work has been recognized by numerous organizations. He was named as
one of of PDN’s “30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch”, and has
won awards from the National Press Photographers Association, The
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the World Health Organization, the
Magenta Foundation and others.
