On the Go – The Yank Tanks of Havana, Cuba
Havana's ubiquitous Yank Tanks are still on the move, even after well over 50 years and hundreds of thousands of miles. Like the Eveready Bunny, they just keep going and…
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Letters – the Building Blocks of Knowledge
Letters are the basic building blocks of knowledge. The act of writing; forming words from a series of letters, allows us to share our thoughts, ideas, knowledge. Language makes us…
From the Rooftops
Looking across Havana Harbor from Morro Castle at sunset. Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs. ___Roman Payne Bangkok, Thailand As…
Habana Vieja – Where Time Stood Still
Much of Havana looks as it did in the late 1950's. Standing on a street corner in Old Havana is like stepping into a time warp. The ubiquitous Yank Tanks,…
Informal Portrait – One Shot, Two Ways
A tobacco farmer near Vinales, Cuba, patiently poses for an informal portrait by the barn, allowing me to capture one shot, two ways - actually several ways as it turned…
A Fleeting Moment over Havana
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your…
The Tropicana, Havana’s Legendary Cabaret
"It was breathtaking! My mouth just fell open...there was so much color, so much movement...and the orchestra! The house band had forty musicians...I said to Nat, ’that's the house band?…
Long Shadows, Havana
A group of photographers cast long shadows against the wall of the El Morro Castle while waiting for the sun to set over the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Perched on…
Havana, Cuba – Not What I Expected and Much More
Since having visited Havana in the late 1950’s, just before the Revolution, I've had an interest and curiosity of the city and Cuba ever since. Travelerlynne and I had the opportunity to…