Yaniel with his precious rooster. He has been training it for months aspiring a victory at the cockfighting arena. Sadly the animal, if it survives, will not look so elegant after the battle!
Viñales, Cuba January 14. 2005
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Yaniel checking on one of his carrier pigeons. He lives in the house behind him with his mother and his maternal grandparents. The house is very basic but to everyone’s pride they recently have managed to cover the roof with corrugated iron!
January 7, 2005. Viñales, Cuba
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I made friends with Yaniel in Viñales in the western part of Cuba. He has spent his whole life in that particular valley in Pinar del Rio province.
Yaniel is surrounded by animals of all sorts, horses, dogs, cattle and above all birds. The nature itself is his teacher and what Yaniel does´nt know about birds is not worth knowing.
By the way, do they see the same hairdresser??
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December 29. 2007. Camaquey, Cuba
In Havana there is a shortage of things we take for granted, medicine, clothes, hygiene articles etcetera.
But the one thing that’s not lacking is the sensual game that constantly is played between men and women in the streets.
Compliments, whistles, appreciating looks, comments and courting where ever you go.
Piropos: compliments
Hurry up to the black market for some beans, eggs and milk. It´s getting dark, the children are waiting for dinner back home.
Guanabacoa, Havana Cuba. December 12. 2007
Cuba visitors smile and recognize the scene. The pre-revolutionary US type wrecks is kept running with the help of Cuban ingenuity and spare parts from all kind of cars Russian, Korean, Japanese… you name it.
Photo taken in Santiago de Cuba. December 24 2004.
It´s not uncommon to see persons with metal detectors in Cuba and actually they score quite often. This is Playa del Este, east of Havana. I´m not sure the instrument indicated a hit on this spot..
From the Christmas day cock-fight at a hard to find place somewhere behind the Mogotes mountains in Viñales, Cuba.
And.. yes I know it´s a messy, cruel phenomena just like bullfights or any other activity that includes tormenting animals.
The photographers results getting a good old analog approval, even by the dog. Havana. January 1 2005
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