Cuba Photos Reach HT Contest Finals

By Circles Robinson

HAVANA TIMES, May 31 — The Second HT Photo Contest is down to the wire with 20 judges both in Cuba and abroad making the hard picks in each of the three categories (Rural Life, Cuban Daily Life (Urban) and Unusual Photos).

A total of 33 photographers took part in the contest and 22 have photos that made it to the finals.

The first two rounds of judging eliminated submissions from an average of 80 photos in each category.

For the final round of selection, the HT judges are picking a maximum of five photos from an average of 15 per category.

The prize winners and special mentions will be determined by the number of votes each picture obtains.

Today we bring you the photos that made it to the final round of selection.  In the coming days we will announce the winners.

Click on the tumbnails below to view all the photos in this gallery

Rural Life

A bus near Caimito, Havana. Photo by Noelia Gonzalez Casianoen
Canasi. Photo by Agnese Sanvito
Children in Baracoa. Photo by AngelYu
Cleaning beans. Photo by Yosvanny Deya
In The Fields. Photo by Marco Petrovic
In the tobacco house. Photo by Darko Perica
Hard Times. Photo by AngelYu
PROCREACION - Photo by Lisduania Victorero
Pinar Del Rio Farmer. Photo by Michael Roy
Farming in Viñales. Photo by Matthew Siffert
Plantain seller. Photo by Lina Marcela Lasso Silva
Tobacco farmer and grandchild Pinar del Rio. Photo by Anamaria Dinulescu
Cowboy, Valle de Viñales, Pinar del Rio, Photo by Liset Cruz
Tabaco grower in Viñales. Photo by Sayuri Correa

Cuban Daily Life (Urban)

An old construction worker eating croquetas for lunch and selling newspapers. Photo by Anna Arten
Boy looking out from a door, Havana. Photo by James NG
Cooling Off. Photo by Jean Serge Dias de Sousa
Domino Game. Photo by Michael Roy
Drive through the life. Photo by Ivana Beluzic Shejbal
Father and son. Photo by Lina Marcela Lasso Silva
Havana Ghosts. Photo by Michael Roy
Havana Taxis. Photo by AngelYu
Kids in a window, Trinidad. Photo by James NG
Havana afternoon on the Malecon seawall. Photo by lisetcruz
Musica en Hamel. Photo by Lina Marcela Lasso Silva
Summer has arrived. Photo by AngelYu
The Future Is Ours. Photo by Kate Forrester
The Irony. Photo by Kate Forrester
The national sport. Photo by AngelYu

Unusual Photos

Anonymous Alcoholic. Photo by AngelYu
Bag hanging from a window, Havana. Photo by James NG
Birds eye view from a ferris wheel. Photo by Sonia Kovacic
CHE. Photo by David Hall
Graffiti Against Blackouts. Photo by AngelYu
Little dog. Photo by Lina Marcela Lasso Silva
Powerful shadow. Photo by Liset Cruz
Right of Way. Photo by Yosvanny Deya
She Loves You. Photo by Matthew Siffert.
Shoes by Stephen Wong
Street Sleeper. Photo by Marco Petrovic
Strong Icons. Photo by Stephen Morgan
The Eye Photo by Marco Petrovic
The big ass. Photo by Noelia Gonzalez Casiano
View from the entrance of Havana Bay. Photo by Sonia Kovacic
It\'s not racism, she finished hers first. Photo by Angel Yu

3 thoughts on “Cuba Photos Reach HT Contest Finals”

  • A tank? In Havana (maybe)?

    I’ve been to some of these places. I feel homesick, because the photographs are so evocative.

  • all outstanding images: congrats to finallists
    Circles: you must be proud of so many super entries (tough to make a decision! no one envies the judges!) buena suerte

  • beautiful photos. Good luck to the judges!

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