--- description: The winner of the 2011 Leica Oskar Barnack Prize is Danish photographer Jan Grarup, whose haunting images of the aftermath of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti provided a dramatic perspective on the human toll of the tragedy. title: Jan Grarup: 2011 Oskar Barnack Prize Winner image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88a0e3463541a001/698797973c1639b516452d58/jan-grarup-8_resize.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jan Grarup: 2011 Oskar Barnack Prize Winner by [Mark Rykoff](/author/mark-rykoff/) ## Mark Rykoff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2011 3:22 PM CUT  In the center of Port-au-Prince one week after the quake. In the center of Port-au-Prince one week after the quake.Jan Grarup—NOOR by [Mark Rykoff](/author/mark-rykoff/) ## Mark Rykoff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2011 3:22 PM CUT The winner of the [2011 Leica Oskar Barnack Prize](http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/ "undefined") is Danish photographer Jan Grarup, whose haunting images of the aftermath of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti provided a dramatic perspective on the human toll of the tragedy. Entitled “Haiti Aftermath,” the work shows the extraordinary devastation that the quake caused and the fate of those who survived. In his almost two decades of work as a photojournalist, Grarup has covered many of recent history’s defining human rights and conflict issues. His work from Rwanda and Darfur documented the genocides in those two regions, helping to provide incontrovertible evidence of unthinkable human brutality; his dual projects, “The Boys from Ramallah” and “The Boys from Hebron” showed the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from both sides through the lives of children coming of age. The earthquake in Haiti was the third he has covered. “A lot of people I work with,” he says, “want more than the fast-forward news photos. They also want in-depth photojournalism. This is where I think photojournalism can help.” Based in Copenhagen, Grarup initially went to Haiti on his own. Once he was there, he was contacted by _Le Monde_ and _Russian Reporter_, both of which published the images. In the last year, Grarup has been working on a project on childhood mortality. In cooperation with UNICEF, he has photographed thus far in Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic, a country where more than 200 children per thousand die before the age of five. Samples of the project can be seen at the website of the Grarup’s agency, [NOOR](http://www.noorimages.com/index.php?id=4785 "undefined"). “I want to put some focus on what is going on in other places in the world,” Grarup says. “When you try to photograph things from perspective, you get a little more in-depth of what is happening.”  In the center of Port-au-Prince one week after the quake. Jan Grarup—NOOR  At the first Sunday prayers after the disaster. Jan Grarup—NOOR  Port-au-Prince one week after the quake. Jan Grarup—NOOR  Haitians fight amongst themselves as they turn to looting to survive. Jan Grarup—NOOR  15-year-old Fabienne was killed by police, shot twice in the head while looting a warehouse in Port-au-Prince. Her sister Samantha cries out in desperation after finding her. Jan Grarup—NOOR  Fires burn in the street as looters steal to survive. Jan Grarup—NOOR  A hospital in Port-au-Prince, understaffed and lacking necessary medical supplies. Jan Grarup—NOOR  Women look among the bodies on the street, searching for relatives in a makeshift morgue. Jan Grarup—NOOR  Looting in Port-au-Prince. Jan Grarup—NOOR  US Marines are greeted by Haitians in Port-au-Prince one week after the quake. Jan Grarup—NOOR  Outside of the main harbor in Port-au-Prince, thousands of Haitians try to flee the country by boat. 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