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Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 10, 2017 9:29:21 GMT
I love all these images, you are both have a very good eye for an atmospheric shot. I'm sure that the subject matter helps excellent photography, very pleasing to the eye
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2017 11:28:02 GMT
Any idea what they were supposed to vote about in November? The elections in question were the municipal elections held on November 26th with a second round on December 3rd. While all candidates had to be validated by the PCC with no opposition party candidates validated, even though they tried, apparently there were quite a few more candidates than seats available, which allowed at least a little bit of choice on the part of the voters. We saw the C.V. of quite a few candidates posted in both shop and private windows so that people could see their photo, age, profession, education and major things done in their lives.
Here is a typically upbeat report from Granma.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 13:21:57 GMT
That one photo with the rickshaw that you also posted in B&W in the Image Bank and now in here appears so, so different Bixa. Much more aesthetically pleasing and classic in B&W.
Ditto what Cheery said.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 10, 2017 14:47:12 GMT
All the pictures of el Che and Fidel are from when they were quite young. None of Fidel as a doddering old guy in a track suit. I'd love to know who the official photographer(s) is, Bjd. There are also pictures of Fidel once he got old, generally featured along others of when he was younger. All of them, regardless of age, manage to convey some positive trait: Wisdom, Kindness, etc. Mostly the old guy ones make him look avuncularly compassionate. Interesting note about the rickshaw drivers, Bjd. There didn't seem to be enough work to go around, so they must really struggle to make ends meet. Thanks for your close attention to all the Havana pictures and for helping to flesh out details. Thank you, Cheery! Good eye, Casimira, & I agree with you. That's why the more "photographic" one went into Image Bank and the informational version here. Kerouac, were was that handless statue of the woman? Great shot!
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 10, 2017 14:50:48 GMT
The handless woman was actually in the left hand corner of the square nearest to the Edificio America. Since we were always headed to the right side, she was easy to miss.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 10, 2017 19:12:42 GMT
Granma's over-the-top prose is quite something. And indeed, the pedicab drivers don't seem to have enough work.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 13, 2017 15:58:19 GMT
Trying to keep up with Kerouac's excellent images here without repeating what I've already posted!
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 14, 2017 4:03:37 GMT
Kerouac will corroborate that I took these two pictures expecially for tod2 ~
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 10, 2018 6:08:38 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 10, 2018 20:42:10 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 15, 2018 15:56:48 GMT
A little epilogue to our tales of the surprises of Havana. Although I could have put this in our indispensable accommodation report, I thought it would be more pertinent here in the category of "don't judge a book by its cover. As you have read in that other report, we were determined to find a different place to stay after the relative disappointment of our first apartment. So, as was already explained, we just walked around the corner and Bixa rang the first doorbell that she saw mentioned holiday apartments. I confess that I wondered at first "what is wrong with her" because the first doorbell was not at all the sort of one that I would have chosen. In fact, I took a picture of it, but I only just now found the picture after wondering if I was going crazy. Actually I took about a dozen pictures in Havana using my backup camera, for no particular reason other than "I've been lugging this damned thing around; I should use it at least a little bit!"
And so here is what that doorbell looked like. Neither of us would have ever imagined that 10 minutes later we would be visiting the spectacular Edificio America.
As for the remarkable Armando, who knows what he is doing with all of that "America" money apart from buying fancy clothes and shoes...
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