In Cuba, an organic food movement is growing. During “the Special Period” in the 1990s, the country was on the brink of starvation. Lack of imports, farming tools like pesticides, and food shortages meant ordinary Cubans had to change the way they live, and eat Cuban food. People started growing their own crops in backyards and […]
Havana
Benito and Smoking Cuban Cigars
Benito could very well be famous. He is the man behind Cohiba, Habana, Cubana. All names of the finest, prestigious Cuban cigars you can find. They happen to be the most sought-after exports in the world. Cuba has the second largest area of tobacco plantations worldwide and Benito is tasked with keeping this globally-praised tradition well intact. We took […]
Havana: A City Frozen in Time
Outside the manufactured, typical tourist resorts, there is nothing typical about Cuba. Havana is real and authentic. Pre-Cold War military squares, 16th century colonial palaces, 1950s American cars, and ration shops paint Havana a beautiful city frozen in time. My photos capture little in the way of modernity but behind the lens Dan and I learned […]