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exhausting

This is an extremely typical street scene, with a tight mix of cars and people and streetcar tracks and motorcycles. And cobblestones and asphalt and potholes and puddles. Oh, and some exhaust fumes, too.

Calle d’Clouet
Cienfuegos, Cuba

photographed 11.9.2022

dancers, 6

Here’s one last look (for now, anyway) of dancers from the Dance Cuba performance that we were privileged to see.

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba
Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.11.2022

it was his move

If I knew anything more than just the most basic of things about chess, perhaps I could offer an analysis of what was going on in this street-side game.

So, really, the only thing I can offer is to note that it’s cool the way those chess pieces are the same color as the wall.

Cienfuegos, Cuba
photographed 11.9.2022

estefanía and kids and cars

The ballet dancer attracted a group of onlookers, including these kids. She was gracious enough to pose with them and everyone seemed pretty happy about it.

(As an added photographic bonus there was a row of vintage cars parked right there.)

Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.6.2022

the observer

I don’t know a single thing about training to become a boxer, but I can tell you that this young man spent the entire workout here and didn’t spar with any of the other men at the gym, which gave me the impression that perhaps he was just starting out.

But the actual, real reason I made this photo is that the woman watching him had an uncanny resemblance to my late mother-in-law. (And if it had been my mother-in-law, she would have offered plenty of advice to that young boxer. If you know what I mean.)

Gimnasia de Boxeo Rafael Trejo
Havana, Cuba

photographed 11.11.2022