Alice Smeets

Alice Smeets is a photographer, journalist, artist, film maker, project manager, teacher and traveller. “One descriptor alone does not justice to what I do. I am a free spirit. I follow my heart to realize my dreams and ideas. I had the great good fortune to work with Philip Jones Griffiths, one of the greatest photojournalists of the last century. He taught me valuable lessons about photography and life.” Since 2007 Alice has repeatedly lived and worked in Haiti for extented periods of time. In 2010 she founded Viv Timoun, a non-profit organization to develop projects in Haiti. Alice Smeets has shown her work in many countries and received numerous awards.