Cuba’s Railway Museum, without witnesses
Whenever I can, I photograph these enormous artifacts, extinct colossi like dinosaurs. That’s how I came to this kind of train cemetery.
Whenever I can, I photograph these enormous artifacts, extinct colossi like dinosaurs. That’s how I came to this kind of train cemetery.
What was once a space for old party propaganda posters has slowly been filled with street art.
After years without going, I return to a town that has lost many of the places that I remember from my childhood and adolescence.
This beach is, without a doubt, the most idealized and desired by Cubans, by those who don’t know it and by those who do.
With the increase in cell phones, these devices have practically disappeared in most of the world. The Cuban capital preserves some.
I would like to teleport myself right now to Boyeros, walk to El Rincón alongside the faithful who crawl with heavy stones or chains.
Besides prayer, the most popular method is to leave little notes addressed to the Most High.
When a Cuban buys a car, it will be for life. Until death do you part and beyond, as it will be inherited from generation to generation.
The Mukataa, in the occupied West Bank, today houses the headquarters of the Palestinian National Authority, the Yasser Arafat Museum and the remains of the leader in a mausoleum that, it is hoped, will not be his final resting place.
Taybeh Brewing Company was founded in 1994, after the 1993 Oslo Agreements, when Palestinian Nadim Khoury, exiled in the United States, decided to return to the land where his family had lived for more than half a century.
A marvel of design and architecture, forgotten for centuries.
After the landing of Air Force One, we saw a relaxed and smiling American president descend the steps, very different from the terrible enemy that should be expected.
The Oruro Carnival, in Bolivia, is among the most famous in the world. Although less publicized, I would dare to say that it is almost on a par with those of Rio de Janeiro or Venice. And, let’s face it dear compatriots, far above our depressed and depressing Havana carnival. A few years ago, I had the great luck of being able to get to know and photograph the most famous of Bolivian carnivals. Thanks to a friend who lent me his house in La Paz, to another who guaranteed me “mobility” to travel to Oruro, and to many who, without knowing me, welcomed me like a brother, I was able to immensely enjoy the days I spent up there. Oruro, located in the south of the country, is at an altitude of 3,706 meters above sea level, so its carnival, declared by UNESCO a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001, is among those that are held the closest to the sun. Every year some 400,000 people from all over the planet invade this small Bolivian town to enjoy the carnival, many have no choice but to sleep where the night takes them or continue...
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