Viva Cuba

CUBA | Tuesday, 25 December 2012 | Views [620] | View Smaller Image

I am a big fan of antique buildings - especially when it comes to windows, balconies and doors. This is one of my lucky shots, as I managed to get the right composition and exposure within 5 seconds, before the light turned green! (I was on a double decker bus, going around La Havana) La Havana consisted of buildings which is similar to the one depicted in this photograph. Despite the richness of it's culture, Cuba still remains one of the countries with the highest poverty rate.

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Food rationing in Cuba is known as Libreta de Abastecimiento, where the system establishes not only the amount of food but also the frequency a household is allowed to purchase the goods. Frankly, I took it because I liked the antique weighing scale. It was later on that I realized the story captured - together with the background of sugar, flour and the Cuban woman - which depicts the hardship the locals have to go through to get about with their daily lives.

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Just when I thought I have experienced Cuba in La Havana - with all its rich culture of street salsa dancing, cuban cigars, domino players, and siestas - I came across this beautiful sunset in a little town called Cienfuegos (translated to

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