Cuba (19 images)

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  • A man (who did not wish to be identified) works at a limestone cooperative quarry, just outside the city of Matanzas, Cuba. The stone is cut with long-toothed handsaws, and carried through the quarry to a waiting truck. Cubans can donate their time to cut bricks from the stone, and are allowed to take a portion of the product home in reparation.

  • Although the 2008 opening day for Major League Baseball is more than a week away in the United States, play goes on year round in Cuba. In the neighborhood of Havana Vieja (Old Havana) boys take to the streets with bats, balls, sticks, worn gloves and all sorts of makeshift equipment to get their daily fix of the game.

  • Propaganda in Havana, Cuba. While outdoor advertising is not allowed in Cuba, pieces of communist-style propaganda extolling the Revolution, Castro, and other Military personnel, can be found everywhere, from graffiti and murals to flyers and billboards.

  • A guide takes tourists through the Cuevas de Bellamar, one of Cuba's largest cave systems, just outside the city of Matanzas, Cuba. There are more than 3,000 meters of galleries full of stalagmites and stalagmites in the system.

  • A man reaches to touch drying tobacco as it hangs in a tobacco barn in the Vinales Valley, in the Pinar del Rio Province of Cuba. The Viñales Valley has been on UNESCO?s World Heritage List since November 1999 as a cultural landscape enriched by traditional farm and village architecture. Old-fashioned farming methods are still used in Viñales, notably to grow tobacco..

  • Baseball fans excitedly argue in the Parque Central, in Havana, Cuba. Fanatics of the game gather everyday in the "esquina caliente" (hot corner) to talk (and argue) about "pelota" (baseball) and their favorite teams. ltqmb CUBA: HOT CORNER

  • A man jumps off the Malecon, a seawall and embankment that runs up the coast of Old Havana, Cuba. On weekends, the Malecon is a famously social place, with elder walking dogs, roadside vendors, and teenagers in various stages of making-out.

  • A cuban flag flies on the Malecon, a seawall and embankment that runs up the coast of Old Havana, Cuba. On weekends, the Malecon is a famously social place, with elder walking dogs, roadside vendors, and teenagers in various stages of making-out.

  • An antique car in Havana, Cuba. The government of Cuba has now banned the export of such classic vehicles, as collectors from all over the world were buying the cars and moving them to other countries.

  • A man works at a cooperative Quarry in Cuba. Man-hours and sweat can be traded for the stone, which this man was transporting to a neighboring village to use as raw building material for structures. Cubans can donate their time to cut bricks from the stone, and are allowed to take a portion of the product home in reparation. ltqmb CUBA: BUILDING HANDS

  • With Cuba's wide varieties of cultures can be seen not only in its people, but also in its diversity in architecture. The rooftops of Havana also reveal a lack of upkeep due to most Cubans' poor financial status. ltqmb CUBA: ROOFTOPS


  • While government has begun to allow more freedoms, Cuba is still a totalitarian state, controlled by the Communist Party. As such, its citizens are constantly reminded who is in charge. Enforcing strict rules, multiple police are stationed in common areas and propaganda for the Government is everywhere. ltqmb CUBA: LIMITATIONS

  • One of the biggest changes Raul Castro is making is the termination of Bodegas, the classic Communist stores where rations of food are given out. Famous for their long lines and shortages of staples, the Bodegas are giving way to more capitalist, profit driven stores. ltqmb CUBA: BODEGAS

  • A woman and child wait for a man to finish his game of handball in the Gran Parque Natural Topes De Collantes near Trinidad, Cuba. The area is once known for its medical research schools, has shifted into a tourism driven economy because of its lovely scenery, including waterfalls and mountains.

  • A man claps while singing to women on the reef outside the Malecon, a seawall and embankment that runs up the coast of Old Havana, Cuba. On weekends, the Malecon is a famously social place, with elder walking dogs, roadside vendors, and teenagers in various stages of making-out.

  • To make money that he plans on spending to gain passage to the US, where his sister lives, this man (who prefers not to give his name) gives haircuts on his front porch. Cubans are assigned "careers" by government officials, so many have side-jobs which provide extra income under the table. ltqmb CUBA: BARBER

  • A cuban band practices in one of the many community art centers while passers-by stop to enjoy the music. Cuban's are very proud of their musical style, which is a unique blend of Spanish, European, African, and Latin music coupled with Cuba's native style, called Son. ltqmb BAND PRACTICE

  • A street scene in Old Havana, Cuba. As power transitions from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul, nearly 50 years after the Revolution, Cubans are moving toward a new era in their country's history.

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