Cuba

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Santiago de Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
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Viñales, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
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Cabañas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Piñar del Rio, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Havana, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
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Las Tunas, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
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Trinidad, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
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Veradero, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
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Veradero, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Western Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Havana, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Piñar del Rio, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Havana, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001 thumbnail
Santiago de Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
Santiago de Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
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Santiago de Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
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Havana, Cuba, 2000 thumbnail
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Havana, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2001
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2001
Santiago de Cuba, 2000
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001
Santiago de Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Viñales, Cuba, 2001
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001
Santiago de Cuba, 2000
Viñales, Cuba, 2001
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001
Piñar del Rio, Cuba, 2001
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
Havana, Cuba, 2001
Las Tunas, Cuba, 2000
Las Tunas, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Trinidad, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Veradero, Cuba, 2001
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Veradero, Cuba, 2001
Western Cuba, 2001
Cabañas, Cuba, 2001
Havana, Cuba, 2001
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
Piñar del Rio, Cuba, 2001
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000
Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
Santiago de Cuba, 2000
Santiago de Cuba, 2000
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
Santiago de Cuba, 2000
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
Havana, Cuba, 2000
Matanzas, Cuba, 2001
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Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2001

Santiago de Cuba, 2000

Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000

Cabañas, Cuba, 2001

Santiago de Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Viñales, Cuba, 2001

Cabañas, Cuba, 2001

Santiago de Cuba, 2000

Viñales, Cuba, 2001

Cabañas, Cuba, 2001

Piñar del Rio, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2001

Las Tunas, Cuba, 2000

Las Tunas, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Trinidad, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Veradero, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Veradero, Cuba, 2001

Western Cuba, 2001

Cabañas, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2001

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Piñar del Rio, Cuba, 2001

Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000

Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000

Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2000

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Santiago de Cuba, 2000

Santiago de Cuba, 2000

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Santiago de Cuba, 2000

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Matanzas, Cuba, 2001

Havana, Cuba, 2000

Cuba

While the spirit of the Cuban people has been fortified by their ongoing struggle against alien and internal tyranny, their ingenuity lies in their ability to make do with and learn from what they have at their disposal. If convenience is the death of creativity, then the Cuban people are vitally creative. This instilled character, tempered and empowered by the aptitude of the State educational system (perhaps Castro’s greatest accomplishment), is the salvation of Cuban culture today. There is no material opportunity to speak of in Cuba; it is their education, the music, the dance, the art, and the struggle against blind complacency for oppression that is the wealth of the Cuban people.

I’d like to think that my respect for the people of Cuba is manifest in these photographs and that ultimately they embody some semblance of the Cubans’ spirit and function as an homage to the vitality of their culture.

—Peter Kayafas (2001)

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