Brazil’s Ipanema beach unfolds before my eyes. The music of Antonio Carlos Jobim plays in my head, and I begin to hum the lyrics of Vinicius de Moraes. But this magic little moment lasts very little. I see a person selling water bottles stop at a shaded area to rest, exhausted. (20 photos)
Read MoreThose who travel often on Rancho Boyeros Ave. will know this crossroads which is a bridge that leads to the municipalities of Arroyo Naranjo and Playa. Below it are food stands, hairdressers and manicures, CD and DVD sellers as well as others with shoes, household utensils, etc. All are self-employed. (7 photos)
Read MoreThese pictures are of what was the first public function in the newly reopened Marti Theatre in Havana. The report starts from the entrance to the theater, where the spectators were greeted by masked characters carrying candlesticks, followed by the performances and finally all the artists gathered on stage. (27 photos)
Read MoreThese photos are part of one of those projects I never seem to finish – not because I don’t want to, but because I always find a new gaze to capture and refuse to declare my work concluded. (21 photos)
Read MoreEGREM, Cuba’s oldest record label and music company, is turning fifty. To celebrate the occasion, several artists are offering concerts, attending galas and launching new albums. One of the dance companies taking part in the festivities is Danza Contemporanea. (30 photos)
Read MoreThe Agro-Food Fair (FIAGROP 2014) officially opened Monday at the Boyeros fairgrounds in Havana. Each year this event facilitates the introduction of foreign, mixed and national firms for trade in agroindustry in all its aspects. (38 photos)
Read MoreThe room is completely dark. Suddenly, a light settles on a pair of legs moving frantically to and fro. Thus begins Posible imposible (“The Possible Impossible”), a contemporary dance performance co-produced by Sweden’s Memory Wax company and Cuba’s Retazos dance and theater group, which premiered in Havana on Friday, March 7.(31 photos)
Read MoreVirtually every day this HT photographer hits the pavement in search of those daily life images that capture the essence of the Cuban capital and its people. You’ve seen many of his images accompanying our articles and also appearing on the HT Facebook page. Here’s a selection of his work. (88 photos)
Read MoreAfter over 40 years of being closed, Havana’s Marti Theater was reopened the last week of February. We visited the theater a few days later to capture some of the restoration work in pictures. (28 photos)
Read MoreHavana is not a city that is characterized by bright lighting or neon signs advertising products. The energy crisis that the country went through in the 1990s reduced street illumination to a minimum. Gradually, the capital has recovered some of the night time beauty, with lighting on the larger avenues and major streets. (23 photos)
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