The Ghetto Tarot ~ Photographer Teams Up With Haitian Artists to Transform Tarot Cards Into Real Scenes

I cannot begin to express how moved I am by these cards, the detail, the photography, and the raw talent involved.  Alice Smeets, funded by IndieGoGo, photographed Haitian artists and created the most astounding tarot deck, The Ghetto Tarot. Here is a short snippet of the article, but there is a link if you choose to read the full article. Trust me, you want to read it all!!!

Update: The Ghetto Tarot is fully funded! As such, Alice asked us if we would replace the IndieGoGo video she created with a video by the Haitian artists themselves, in which they talk about the ghetto and what this project means to them.

It’s fantastic! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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The creativity of some photographers astounds me. Just when you think you’ve seen every creative, strange, and unique photo idea, another comes along that would never have crossed your mind.

That was the case with Ghetto Tarot, a creative photos series created by award-winning documentary photographer Alice Smeets and a group of Haitian artists known as Atiz Rezistans.

These fascinating images transform the mysterious (and, depending on what you believe, prophetic) cards into real life scenes captured in the ghetto of Haiti, using found items that the Haitian artists themselves provided and created for the project.

But this isn’t just an odd photo project that ends with a set of images that will quickly pass into the ones and zeroes of Internet-past, doomed to be re-discovered years later… or not. Alice is currently turning Ghetto Tarot into a true-blue deck of cards!

Already half-funded on IndieGoGo with 29 days left, you can get your own 78-card deck of Ghetto Tarot cards for just 25 euros if you act fast, or 32 if you don’t. There are also posters, charitable donations, a photography lesson, a photo book, and more up for grabs if you’re not into getting a deck. Read more...