Scrap metal collectors wait for a backhoe to finish moving chunks of a fallen building before scrambling to salvage steel rebar in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital. Since the earthquake, salvage activity has exploded into all areas of the city instead of only the dump. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A scrap collector in Port-au-Prince tries sawing through metal. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A scrap collector in Port-au-Prince hammers away concrete in the effort to get at rebar in the rubble. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A scrap collector walks through a Port-au-Prince intersection carrying salvaged metal items on his head. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A scrap collector pulls a bwet, a wooden cart laden with wood he will use for cooking fuel, through the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince. (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)
