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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
laundry guard
Another view of the magical laundry place, with a worse-for-wear statue keeping an eye on the laundry drying in the room below.
I thought (hoped, actually) that this place was sort of a secret that no other visitors knew about, but almost the same day that I posted that first photo of it, I saw another photo from another group of photographers who’d been there the week after we were. I felt a little bit like the magic laundry room was cheating on me…
Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.7.2022
all waiting for the same thing
This guy was watching our group of photographers and waiting for his next pedi-cab customer. And probably some of us were watching him and also waiting for his next customer.
It may have been some sort of a stand-off.
Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.6.2022
pray to god
An interior view of a mostly-vacant tomb at the gigantic cemetery in Havana. Both of the tombstones say “rogao a dios” – I pray to God.
Here’s the thing I’m wondering about: why do you suppose the tombstones are in Spanish, except for the “R.I.P.” on each of them? Because that’s an English term that translates into Spanish as “que descanse en paz.” Has “R.I.P.” transcended its English words and become a commonly understood shorthand?
Necrópolis Cristóbal Colón
Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.11.2022
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