The Malecon, Habana
You may recall that I had said that I wanted to post a final set of photographs of Havana’s grand and crumbling esplanade, the Malecon; you may also recall that … Continue reading The Malecon, Habana
Tag: Havana travel
Dateline Johannesburg
Dateline Johannesburg: Tuesday, 28 February With Rob arriving tomorrow from Toronto, and moving house on Friday – not to mention my workload – there will be little time over the … Continue reading Dateline Johannesburg
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On her way!
Almost on her way, is our Rob, to Johannesburg, South Africa. She leaves Toronto on Tuesday, arriving at O.R. Tambo International by way of Schiphol at ten Wednesday night. Thursday she … Continue reading On her way!
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Modernity bypassed…
Another Sunday, another post. Once again, Havana – a few images, this time, a sampling, of some of the marvellous Art Deco and modernist architecture that flowers, unexpectedly, amongst the colonial … Continue reading Modernity bypassed…
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Bosque de La Habana
The Bosque de La Habana tells you something about the city. A patch of shady woodland along the banks of the Rio Almedares, it is crossed at one end by … Continue reading Bosque de La Habana
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Your weekend post
Your upcoming post this weekend will feature the cars of Havana – cars which are not just cars, but markers and expressions of a society, an economy, a particular history. This … Continue reading Your weekend post
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Sitting in Cape Town, thinking of Havana
So I have come to the end of a week in Cape Town – a round of project inception meetings with officials and academics, dinners out with my 85 year … Continue reading Sitting in Cape Town, thinking of Havana
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Habana Vieja: street scenes
There is more to Havana than just Habana Vieja: and there are a lot more images to process and – geez, if I were more pretentious than I like to … Continue reading Habana Vieja: street scenes
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Habana Vieja: looking in
You visit Havana, you don’t want to be just a nosy outsider, a tactless tourist, a peeping voyeur – and yet, the place is so different, both in the world … Continue reading Habana Vieja: looking in
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Habana Vieja: two murals
Cuba’s history, of course – by which I mean only its modern history, which we can date back to the first Spanish warships, sailing off the island in the late … Continue reading Habana Vieja: two murals
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The dark side of Havana
Once more to Havana…. So far, I’ve tried not to fall into the trap that the English novelist George Eliot described more than a hundred years ago: seeing other people’s misery … Continue reading The dark side of Havana
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Havana’s Magnificence
Because it is a popular cliche to see in Havana only what is strange and exotic, ‘a magnificent ruin,’ one task of the visiting photographer – the photographer who is a … Continue reading Havana’s Magnificence
