Cuba and the Countryside, December 2019

Playground, Havana

Playground, Havana

Doorway

Doorway

Holy Shirt, Havana

Holy Shirt, Havana

Mouthful

Mouthful

Silhouette and column

Silhouette and column

San Antonio de los Baños

San Antonio de los Baños

Bicyclist

Bicyclist

Stilts

Stilts

Illustration

Illustration

Doorway, Bench & Window

Doorway, Bench & Window

Fisherman's Shack, Cojimar

Fisherman's Shack, Cojimar

Screen

Screen

Sidewalk Haircut, San Antonio de los Baños

Sidewalk Haircut, San Antonio de los Baños

Sidewalk Nail Salon

Sidewalk Nail Salon

Grinder, Havana

Grinder, Havana

Restaurant/Bar, Havana

Restaurant/Bar, Havana

Capitolo, Havana

Capitolo, Havana

Flower Market

Flower Market

Brushes, Havana

Brushes, Havana

Boxing Club, Havana

Boxing Club, Havana

Che Mural, Havana

Che Mural, Havana

Cat line-up, Havana

Cat line-up, Havana

Fence Shadow, Havana

Fence Shadow, Havana

Ice Cream Cone, San Antonio de los Baños

Ice Cream Cone, San Antonio de los Baños

Mini Revolutionary Museum, Havana

Mini Revolutionary Museum, Havana

Resting, Finca de Carlos

Resting, Finca de Carlos

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For the past several years, my travels within Cuba have been outside of Havana.

Each trip was taking me to new and different locations

throughout the island…

this place I fell in love with

from my first visit in 2012.

And while all of those locations help create a sense of place,

I felt the urge to get back to Havana.

So in December 2019, Kip Brundage and I

planned a Havana-based trip.

As always,

I was trying to see old places in new ways

and capture them and their parallel moments.

I wanted to see and experience Havana

differently than before.

It caused me to slow down and make fewer images

than I usually do, but that was OK.

A little discipline never hurts

and as the saying goes, less is more.

Pictures that ask questions?

I think so.

Unplanned?

Of course.

Since then Covid came into our lives

much has changed everywhere

and I’m already looking forward to the time

when I can return once again to this place I love

and the many friends I have made there.

Until then,

it’s time to study these images

and figure out where I go and what I will do differently there

next time.