living museum

this very picturesque old gas station is neighbor to the chinese churchyard in havanna

goddes of love and fertility

the woman to the left is initiated into the yoruba (african) santaria religion. this day she is giving a party to celebrate her religious birthday. her god is ochún - the goddes of love and fertility.

the outsider

old cuban build bus with soviet engine stopping at the famous prado in havanna.

police prayer

every corner along the malecón has a policeman. the crime rate in cuba is the lowest in all of latin america.

against the wall

just three very charming girls from trinidad.

loneliness

man passing through two columns at the malecón in havanna.

victory

cuba's national baseball team won the semifinal against the dominican republic in march 2006. after the victory the people of trinidad celebrated in the streets.

phallus

potent boy high above at the malecón in havanna.

putting him up or taking him down?

worker from bayamo setting up a new propaganda billboard with fidel: patria o muerte. venceremos! (fatherland or dead. we will win!)

keeping the independence clean

a group of early morning workers washing the square of the fatherland in bayamo. the city was the birthplace of the independence war against the spanish armada in the nineteenth century.

melancholic soldier

girl from bayamo attending a military parade for veteran soldiers.

do you feel lucky, punk?

boy from camagüey protecting his lollipop with a 9 mm toy gun.

flexible

schoolboy and his classmates having fun at the main square in santa clara.

shadow

the shadow of a girl passing an official building in the suburb of vedado in havanna.

room with a view

having a look at the famous malecón from a colonial house.

policeman ready for lunch

the policeman is guarding a building site in the suburb vedado in havanna.

proving his manhood

boys cooling down and showing off at the famous malecón in havanna.

between the star and the fist

boy from bayamo in the eastern part of cuba passing the cuban flag.

two in one

the couple is sleeping at the famous malecón in havanna. 

the dancer and the contrabass

dancer from havanna at a rehersal in trinidad before the evening show. 

turkey vulture on monument

the photo is taken at the top of the 109 meter tall monument for the cuban hero josé martí at the revolution square in havanna. the turkey vulture is very common in cuba. also in havanna.

girl and soldiers

I took the photo in front of the main train station in havanna. the girl is a soldier too.