Gift of Gab – Havana, Cuba
This wonderful lady leans out her window and chats nonstop with me as I pass by, seemingly oblivious to the fact I do not understand a word she is saying.…
This wonderful lady leans out her window and chats nonstop with me as I pass by, seemingly oblivious to the fact I do not understand a word she is saying.…
On a recent Havana morning, a man coaxes a soulful melody from his trombone as a thunderstorm over the Florida Straits threatens. The sun soon appears, sending the humidity skyward and…
Havana, Cuba. A woman spends a prayerful moment after the Sunday morning service at Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Regla.
Editor’s note: The recent announcement of normalization of relations between Cuba and the US have likely set into motion irreversible change to Cuba and her culture. Cuba will no longer…
El Malecon, that grand esplanade that separates Havana from the sea, draws you like a magnet. It seems most powerful late in the afternoon, like today. The sun, hidden behind…
A flock of white pigeons fly over the rooftops of Habana Vieja, Old Havana. In a split second they are gone, never to happen exactly the same again. The point is…
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…
Looking across Havana Harbor from Morro Castle at sunset. Â Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs. ___Roman Payne Bangkok, Thailand As…
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,…
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…