In 2006 New York photographer Alice Proujansky went to the Dominican Republic to document the lives born and the lives lost in a dismally-funded maternity ward. Here are some of the affecting images she captured on film.
Favorite DVDs du jour
30 Rock
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Planet Earth: Pole to Pole
I like it when the Bible ladies stop by the house
It makes me feel important, like they think my soul is worth saving. I told them I’d be sure to read the Bible and we could talk about it in a few weeks. I told them I’d swing by their church some Sunday. Two Jehovah’s Witness ladies came to my house a few years ago, and I led them on too. I had no idea they’d actually take me up on my invitation to return for a religious discussion. When they arrived at my door for the second time, remembering my name and everything I had told them about me, I was grumpy and hungover and not as nice as the first time. Not as religiously oriented. Not as happy to be woken up by God’s knock on the door. In fact, my name is probably on a list somewhere. Maybe today’s ladies will find it before they make the mistake of coming back and trying their luck again. On many mornings I would rather sleep than be saved.