Cuba is going through a transitional period. President Obama ended more than 50 years of diplomatic isolation towards the end of 2014. I was fortunate enough to visit Cuba on two occasions before and after this time. I walked the suburbs on my second visit photographing the people I encountered and found in them a sense of optimism. The thing that strikes you about Cuba and Cubans is how friendly they are, their openness, their calmness, but also the sense you get of a place that is frozen in time.

Now President Trump is reversing the Obama administration policies of travel and business with Cuba I wonder what effect this will have on the future of the country.

Bust of Jose Marti

The elderly lady in the second image saw me watching her and her son collecting water from a broken pipe. They posed for a photograph and then she invited me in to her house. We quickly established a friendly rapport and struggled a little with the

Bust of Jose Marti

The elderly lady in the second image saw me watching her and her son collecting water from a broken pipe. They posed for a photograph and then she invited me in to her house. We quickly established a friendly rapport and struggled a little with the language barrier but she showed me her house, photographs of relatives and made me coffee. Then I took her portrait.

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