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| Scanned from my 35mm transparency taken in Havana, Cuba in May 1992 |
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Showing posts with label Cuba. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
el 1 de Mayo
I was in Cuba on 1st May 1992. This was a time of severe economic hardship for the country following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
This evening I went through the photographs that I took during my short stay. They take me right back to a remarkable-looking Havana - crumbling brightly coloured paint, worn exteriors of the splendid buildings, battered old posters, stranded vintage automobiles (petrol was scarce), and the few shops that had not shut down selling things like unwanted and warped 3D postcards of Red Square.
This evening I went through the photographs that I took during my short stay. They take me right back to a remarkable-looking Havana - crumbling brightly coloured paint, worn exteriors of the splendid buildings, battered old posters, stranded vintage automobiles (petrol was scarce), and the few shops that had not shut down selling things like unwanted and warped 3D postcards of Red Square.
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| close-up of a communal noticeboard,1st May 1992 |
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weathered payphone |
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| everywhere, abandoned gas-guzzling cars of a by-gone time |
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| queues round the block for the local cinema |
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beautiful decollage of film posters |
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| Cold War shopfront & LP record seller |
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