Documentary photographer Maggie Steber has offered from her personal archive the last new copies of her iconic 1992 book, Dancing on Fire: Photographs from Haiti. Only five copies are available, each signed and individually numbered, accompanied by a signed, matching-number 8x10 inch print of an image from the book (each of the five prints is a different image). This is an incredible opportunity for both photography enthusiasts and art collectors.

Dancing on Fire provides a pictorial chronicle of Haiti and its tumultuous history, and of the Haitian people and their struggle for freedom and modest prosperity.

Dimensions: 12.25 x 9.5 x 0.75 inches

Pages: 96

Steber's vivid color photographs communicate all too explicitly the tragic violence of Haiti. Unlike television documentaries in which images flash by, allowing us to glance away, these photographs capture critical moments for all time--of young men gunned down in the streets, of voodoo rituals, of anguished children at the funerals of their parents, of a nation destroying itself. Interspersed among the scenes of brutality and deprivation are glimpses of people who dare to smile faintly, including one particularly touching portrait of a peasant woman and her three children. Readers are left with the clear sense that everyone in Haiti is a victim, but none more so than these people who wish simply to eke out an existence. Far more than a disturbing book, this is a study of the hopelessness of a people who cannot live except by extremes ranging from utter chaos to the brutal order of dictatorial rule. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries; essential wherever photography, Caribbean studies, and current events titles thrive.

- Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, Ill.

Maggie’s legendary photographic career spans decades and more than 70 countries. She worked in Haiti over 30 years, received a Guggenheim Fellowship Fellow for her personal project entitled The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma, and is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Additionally, she has traveled the world for National Geographic Magazine and Newsweek, was director of photography at the Miami Herald, and worked as a photo editor for the Associated Press in New York City. Maggie has received multiple grants in support of her photographic projects and numerous awards including World Press Photo, the Leica Medal of Excellence, and the Lucie Foundation Fellow.  Her photographs are in the Library of Congress, among other archives.