We took a “cab” into Havana today and viewed the sights of the city. It is amazing how Havana WAS so developed as a city with beautiful architecture and a vibrant arts community for hundreds of years. It was a very progressive city up until about 50 years ago. It has not progressed much since but they are in the process of rebuilding it to its former grandeur – it could take another 50 years. The culture and ideal of Castro Cuba will take a long time to come to grips with the things that are working and those things that are not working in their society – change is always slow to come. Havana could be a world-class city with a strong cultural and arts community.
There are 62 shots in this series in Havana which I have spread over 3 days.
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- 15 miles to Havanna in a taxi with a pension
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- Some of the nice parts of the city
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- I love faces…this one is a beauty (she has had it so long)
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- Looks better than it is…
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- The good part of Havanna
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- One and half dogs
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- A shoe store – women are the same all over the world
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- Fidel turned up to greet us and give us a lecture on socialism
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- An art coop doing some interesting work
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- offset printing by hand
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- illustrator working off a newspaper photo
