Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta Havana. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando las entradas con la etiqueta Havana. Mostrar todas las entradas

viernes, 21 de noviembre de 2008

Havana, 489 Years Later

By Amauris Betancourt.

Named St. Christopher from Havana after Christopher Columbus, Havana looks definitely different nowadays.

Old Havana houses the famous Ceiba tree, place where the first mass was given in the seventh founded Cuban village turned into the capital of the country since late 16th century. Havana’s charisma spreads over beyond the seas for its architecture and peculiar human culture.

Havana charms foreigners in search of the Island’s way of life and he draw nationals to settle in seduced by the capital life bringing about over-population's problems.

Full of museums – formerly majestic palaces -, parks, monuments, plazas, fortresses, cultural activities, libraries, churches, hotels, bars and restaurants, Havana has been a source of inspiration to poets, musicians and intellectuals.


viernes, 8 de agosto de 2008

From Inland in Havana ( Versión en español)

By Amauris Betancourt.
amauris@radioangulo.icrt.cu


Havanna, capital of the country, is the most populated city all over Cuba. Thousands of people from all corners of the Island –or from inland as the call it down here: all Cuban provinces’ inhabitants but Havanna City’s- have settled down mainly in Old Havana where this photoreportage takes place. This massive settlement gave birth to Havanna’s solares, street’s inner inhabited spaces with a common one-way-out door.

Havanna’s solares –famous for the overpopulation in a very reduced area, the cultural melting pot, and the way of life of its dwellers- has a charm; but running alongside, as everybody wants to live in the capital, lots of problems come around, specially in the housing field.

The following photo-series was taken in Old Havana while on an AP-sponsored worshop last May where Cuban professional photojournalists got together to learn and share experiences lead by outstanding AP photojournalist and photo editors: Enric Marti (Chief photo-editor for Latin America and the Caribbean), Ricardo Mazalan (AP Photographer in Colombia), Javier Galeano (AP photographer in Cuba), and Dario López-Mill (AP photo-editor in Mexico).










To see the photo-stories from the other participants, visit:

http://web.mac.com/dariolopezmills/Site/AP_Latam_Photos.html