DAILY LIFE
“Do anything, but let it produce joy.” ~ Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Jamaica Play
Children play outside their home, as a dog walks nearby, in the community of Trenchtown in the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0260/Susan Markisz
Football, Jamaica
Boys play football on the street in Trenchtown in the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica in 2008.
©UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0624/Susan Markisz
Laguna de Sinamaica, Venezuela
Indigenous Añu siblings stand outside their home, in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. ©UNICEF/2006/Susan Markisz
sultry-summer-day
Max McGregor rows a boat in a pond with his young cousins Jackson and Brendan, in Ringwood, New Jersey on June 27,2009.
Flooding, Lorica, Colombia
A boy rides a bicycle through a flooded street past other children in the northern municipality of Lorica in Córdoba Department, Colombia, in September 2009. In 2008, flooding in different parts of the country affected 1.2 million people and killed 76. Education is frequently disrupted. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1847/Susan Markisz
Añu Mother and Daughter, Venezuela
An indigenous Añu woman sits inside her home with her one-year-old daughter Georgita, in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. The Añu live in traditional homes called 'palafitos', built on wooden poles or stilts made from tree roots and palm leaves that grow in the lagoon. Some 3,500 AÒu live in the area, but their numbers, as well as their culture and language, are declining due to poverty, lack of education and environmental pollution that is eroding the ecosystem that sustains them.
©UNICEF/NYHQ2006-1139/Susan Markisz
Palm
A man rows a boat filled with palm leaves across one of the lakes in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela, in 2006 ©UNICEF/2006/Susan Markisz.
Crabtrap
A man throws a crab trap with bait, into the East River in Harlem, New York. ©Susan Markisz for The New York Times
Colombia Flooding
An adolescent girl walks through the flooded yard in front of her home near the Sinú River, in the northern municipality of Cotorra in Córdoba Department, Colombia, in September 2009. In 2008, flooding in different parts of the country affected 1.2 million people and killed 76. Education is frequently disrupted. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1818/Susan Markisz
Flooding, Lorica, Colombia
A couple ride a motorcycle with their daughter, along a flooded street in the northern municipality of Lorica in Cordoba Department, Colombia, in September 2009. In 2008, flooding in different parts of the country affected 1.2 million people and killed 76. Education is frequently disrupted. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1848/Susan Markisz
Modern-family-La-Paz-Bolivia
An indigenous woman wearing a traditional bowler hat and pollera (a pleated skirt with petticoat), walks with her adolescent daughter and son, both dressed in jeans, sneakers and t-shirts, down the cobblestoned Calle Sacarnaga in La Paz, Bolivia, on May 1, 2014. Despite fashion's modern influence in Bolivia, many women continue to wear traditional dress while their children opt for more contemporary attire. ©Susan Markisz
Jumping Rope, Jamaica
Girls jump rope on a street littered with debris and raw sewage in Trenchtown in the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica. An outbreak of malaria in 2007 in several Kingston communities was related to stagnant water, debris, and other unsanitary conditions that create breeding grounds for mosquitoes carrying the disease. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0270/Susan Markisz
Chris
Chris fishes off a dock in Kemah, New Jersey. ©Susan Markisz
Colombia
A boy walks down a flooded road in Lorica in Córdoba Department, Colombia in September 2009. ©UNICEF/2009/Susan Markisz
Añu woman, Venezuela
An indigenous Añu woman, sits outside her home, in Laguna de Sinamaica, in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela as her 1-year-old daughter Georgita sits inside their home. The Añu live in traditional homes called 'palafitos', built on wooden poles or stilts made from tree roots and palm leaves that grow in the lagoon. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2838/Susan Markisz
Fatherless, Jamaica
A member of the "Fatherless" gang shows his tattoo, bearing the name of his gang, in the community of Rema in the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica, in 2008. Many of the gang's members have lost their fathers to gun violence. The community suffers high levels of violence, including by gangs. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0308/Susan Markisz
Perched, Colombia
A girl looks at a bird perched on a child's finger, near homes built on a toxic landfill known as El Morro in Moravia, a poor neighbourhood in Medellín, capital of Antioquia Department, Colombia in 2009. Because of El Morro's toxicity, the city's government is in the process of relocating its residents to another neighbourhood.
©UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1783/Susan Markisz
Trench town Waterpoint, Jamaica
A girl fills a plastic bottle with drinking water at a local water point in Trenchtown in the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica. Many homes in poor communities lack basic sanitation facilities. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0272/Susan Markisz
Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
A pair of well-worn sneakers sit on a wooden beam of a wooden house in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Home from School, Jamaica
A boy walks home from school as another boy plays in the backyard of his home in the community of Rema in the parish of Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica. The community suffers high levels of violence, including by gangs. ©UNICEF/2008/Susan Markisz
Caracas Market, Venezuela
A girl buys eggs from a street vendor, whose shop is located along a steep concrete staircase in a poor neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela. While most residents have access to running water and basic services, drugs and violent crime are common.
©UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2439/Susan Markisz
Añu Girl, Laguna de Sinamaica, Venezuela
An indigenous Añu girl sits on a wooden dock outside her home in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. The Añu live in traditional homes called 'palafitos', built on wooden poles or stilts made from tree roots and palm leaves that grow in the lagoon. ©UNICEF/2006/Susan Markisz
Simple Pleasures
Rachel Ziemba climbs a tree in Croton Gorge Park on her ninth birthday. May 19, 2001. ©Susan Markisz for The New York Times
Wayuu Venezuela
An adolescent boy from the indigenous Wayuu group picks up a traditional drum in his home, in preparation for a performance at a community centre in the town of Paraguaipoa in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela, as his parents look on. UNICEF supports the community through peer networks, as well as youth-produced radio programming featuring Wayuu language and culture. ©UNICEF/2006/Susan Markisz
Caracas Neighourhood
Laundry hangs from a balcony in a poor neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela. While most residents have access to running water and basic services, drugs and violent crime are common. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2438/Markisz
Story Time with Mom, Venezuela
Juan Andres Conrado, a five-year old indigenous Añu boy, holds his mother Zaida's hand as he tells her a traditional story in their home in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. ©UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2427/Susan Markisz
Indigenous Añu girls, canoe, Venezuela
Indigenous Añu girls, play in a lagoon outside their home in Laguna de Sinamaica, in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. ©UNICEF/2006/Susan Markisz
Laguna de Sinamaica, Venezuela
Indigenous Añu children play in a lagoon in Laguna de Sinamaica, in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. ©UNICEF/2006/Susan Markisz
Vasquez Rocks Horseback
A man rides his horse at Vasquez Rocks in the Santa Clarita Valley, California
Añu Grandmother, Venezuela
Brigida Paz, an indigenous Añu woman, weaves dried palm leaves, in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. She is surrounded by several of her seven grandchildren. ©NYHQ2006-2419/Susan Markisz
Añu Grandmother, Venezuela
Brigida Paz, an indigenous Añu woman, weaves dried palm leaves, in Laguna de Sinamaica, a lagoon in Paez Municipality in the north-western state of Zulia, Venezuela. She is surrounded by several of her seven grandchildren. ©NYHQ2006-2420/Susan Markisz
Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
An indigenous Shipibo man walks up steps into a community centre in the Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Shipibo Conibo woman, Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
A woman stands on the steps of her home in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Shipibo Conibo mother and son, Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
A mother and her son sit inside their home in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Kemah Lake
Children fish off a dock in Kemah, New Jersey. ©Susan Markisz
Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
An adolescent girl and two children sit outside a community centre in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
Children play outside their home under an umbrella in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Nuevo Saposoa, Peru
A mother and her daughter chat outside their home in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Shipibo Mother and Daughter, Peru
A woman holds her young daughter outside their home in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz
Playing Tag, Peru
A group of children play "tag" in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the eastern province of Coronel Portillo in Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. ©UNICEF/2010/Susan Markisz