I had just left Cathedral Square headed in the direction of La Bodeguita Del Medio on Calle Empedrado when I first laid eyes on Ofelia ~ I knew that this was a face that I wanted to capture. Slowly as I approached her, I looked up in another direction hoping that she too would look…
Most Habaneros live with the reality that when a pipe is beyond repair…that the electric wires short out…a glass breaks…that it won’t be easily replaced. Stores just don’t carry the items necessary for home maintenance… But when a building collapses…and after every major tropical rainstorm and hurricane there are quite a few that go down…there’s…
Eleven years ago I stood in front of this building in La Habana Vieja… first the sign caught my eye and then observing the balcony, I noticed the old lady swaying in the window back and forth with the baby in her arms. She was aware that I was shooting and started to fix her…
At first I was attracted to the gesturing…slapping down of “las fichas”…the commentary…”me pegue”(the joyful, cocky voice of the player who puts his final domino piece on the table at the end of the game) but as I observed the “theater” that I love in life. I noticed this “actress” playing her role…I love the…
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