{"id":308,"date":"2008-08-15T03:04:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T07:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2014-10-31T14:49:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T18:49:29","slug":"a-cuban-portrait-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/a-cuban-portrait-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cuban Portrait #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Many of you are not aware of\u00a0my Cuba experience and the profound effect it\u00a0has had in my life. Starting in 1996, I began a journey that I see no end to&#8211;photographing the people of Cuba. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309\" title=\"cuba-kids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids-768x497.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids-330x214.jpg 330w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids-639x414.jpg 639w, http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/cuba-kids-414x268.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Children always amaze me with their vision, honesty, and ability to adapt and improvise. I have seen spinning &#8220;tops&#8221;, kickboards made with wood and skate wheels, baseball played with the leg of a chair and a ball made of &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure&#8221; There are no toy stores in Cuba&#8230;at least nothing accessible and available to the average Cuban. So as I stroll through Cuba, I see kids everywhere playing, going to school, and just being kids.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">This photograph was taken on my usual walk along the &#8220;Malecon&#8221; (the fabled stretch of road that curves along the coast in La Habana) It&#8217;s like they were just waiting there with this painting in the background. But what really captures my thoughts\u00a0are that\u00a0the children represent a cross section of race in Cuban society. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-308\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/a-cuban-portrait-1\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-308\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/a-cuban-portrait-1\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-308\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/a-cuban-portrait-1\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-308\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.roylleraphotographers.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/15\/a-cuban-portrait-1\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20A%20Cuban%20Portrait%20%231&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roylleraphotographers.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F15%2Fa-cuban-portrait-1%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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