It's paradoxical, but in these noisy and crowded streets I feel calm... wait, only if I bring my camera with me.
This time I left my main mode of transport at home and when I saw this cyclist, I spoke to him mentally. ‘You're having a good time,’ – I said, smiled and he seemed to understand.
I was thinking of taking a series of photos of the vendors who swarm the sidewalks and when I crossed the avenue, in search of my target, I got this portrait.
And he asked me to help him get a blonde girlfriend. ‘I don't know, I don't work at OnlyFans,’ – I replied. ‘I don't know anything about online dating sites’.
Some of these vendors are very tired.
You can't imagine what you can find in these improvised displays.
Aphrodisiacs... oh, and besides, the way they suggest you buy them, it's better not to even remember... I kept looking and sometimes said something, to relieve tension. I was an intruder with a camera. I had to empathise.
A book and a tiny dog... what could it be?
Health education at school.
I like books, but I was really busy watching my back and being as kind and patient as I can be.
The only thing that is always constant is change. Nothing is static. So much is happening everywhere and amidst so many distractions.
An old man who sells tools told me that they often make raids and take everyone to the police station to give them fines. But there, the officer at the reception desk immediately has his eye on something he sells. He said this to me in annoyance and explained that his stuff is good and at a good price, good metal spanners, American, he boasted.
I asked him worriedly if the sale was good and he said yes... slurring his words a bit and pointing to his merchandise he assured me that he always sells something.
What lies behind all this?
Drop-outs
Distracted?
Warning! There is a photographer exposing us.
Back to 51st Avenue...
We are tireless.
We are warriors.
I can't decide which image I like the most for this #Monomad Challenge.
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Good morning @nanixxx, I can't think of what to say right now.... I'll be back...
I woke up at 6 am. And I slept on... I hope you are well. And don't worry, when you find words I'll be here and the same if you don't find them.
You won't come back because you've never left. 😁😄
Me either. Probably didn't even have to be there, I'm here for the words.
You are a sunshine. 😁
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Qué triste está la ciudad de La Habana. Que somos guerreros, lo somos siempre mirando con otro lente la vida. Me encantó mucho lo que escribes y tus fotos de una ciudad. Saludos, amiga @nanixxx🤗.
Un placer poder compartir mis visiones, amiga. Desde que puedo recordar en Marianao siempre he visto esto de los vendedores. Pero ahora creo que son más.
Saludos y que tengas un lindo día. Pronto iré a Baracoa.
Que interesante cuando miras a la gente como son y lo que hacen. Blanco y negro colores que reflejan al ser humano con su verdadera esencia. La verdadera vida del cubano que lucha en las calles para sobrevivir, que se sienta en una acera a esperar le compren cualquier objeto para luego llevar algo a la mesa. Recibiendo el hollín que despiden los carros en el asfalto.¡Que vida está! Tus fotos lo dicen todo,no sé necesitan más palabras. Excelentes fotos que nos traen siempre una historia de vidas muy interesantes. Te amo hija.🥰❤️❤️❤️🥱
Mamani te mando un besito, no debes preocuparte por mí, yo me cuido bien. Gracias por tus palabras, siempre tan lindas y animándome a seguir.
Life in constant movement... that's how it is. The woman in profile and the tired salesman are my favourites. I always wonder something on your walks... is it safe to take the camera? In Argentina I wouldn't be able to...
I like those two very much, yes, what a good ‘eye’ you have. 😀
Of course it's dangerous, very, but I don't think about it. All the time I think I'm fine and it's going to be a beautiful day. And that I'll be able to get home soon when I'm on my way back. Riding a bike is very dangerous too. Every now and then I get stories about people being mugged for their bikes. The thing is that I try not to listen. Because then I wouldn't do anything and I wouldn't leave the house.
I thought exactly the same when I lived in Argentina... I would do nothing and live locked up. You know that there is always someone who protects you and that makes you invisible...
Sí.
Ten un lindo día. 🤗
Vos también!!!😁
Buhito knows a lot about online dating, maybe he can help him, with a couple of feathers, he can get a good date 🦉
I need to have a straight line to him for these and other cases hahaha... to peck the man who wanted to sell me, yes or yes, the condoms, for example.
Great street snaps again Miss N, love it
😁 I have never been called that before! Thank you.
LOl xx
xxx 😅🚲
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All those old phones and batteries speak of an era that feels like centuries in the past.
Here in Cuba nothing seems to get old. Everything remains encapsulated. 😅
It's amazing how you can capture the constant movement of people and life itself in street photography. Excellent work, my favorite is the one of the lady with the little girl!
Thank you for this flattering comment. I am blushing.
If you only knew... I hesitated to lighten the girl's face a bit. And in the end I left it in shadows. Last night, when I went to bed to sleep, I had the thought fixed in my mind that perhaps I should have brightened her up a little.
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I always say that Cuba has that magic and charm in its people and each place that makes the photographs have their own essence.
🤗 I am glad to share my world.
Impossible to decide, a city in just a few photos, all incredible as always Nanixxx.
It's amazing how those antiques are still useful to hundreds of people
Hard to believe. 😐
We have to leave a record of our steps in this encapsulated city.
Thank you, @dahpilot, friend.
*encapsulated country 😪
You're the best ❤️
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Good afternoon @nanixxx. I still find it hard to tell you something.
There is one picture I particularly like, the second to last one. That look you captured speaks to me of a biography, I see the portrait not of a moment but of a whole life.
I think that today I have gotten to know you a little better, because I also see the respect and care with which you treat these tireless people, and also, and maybe I am wrong, the pride of being part of this army of tireless warriors who face day by day an unwanted and undeserved reality.
I end by telling you that you are a great alchemist, capable of seeing gold where others only see lead.
A big hug.
Don't worry. You should never worry. Everything is fine, really.
Well, you said something. 😄
I'm often treated on the street as if I were a foreigner. They think I am because I carry the camera, or maybe because of the way I move or dress.
There are times when they are disrespectful.... But I try not to listen and go on my way. This guy looking for a blonde girlfriend was joking, although he thought I was a foreigner and I just went along with it.
I don't know if you've got to know me a bit better. I don't know... You only know someone by being physically next to them, and even then, you never fully know a person.
You can see some of my personality traits through my writing and even then, there is sometimes a lot of fiction mixed with reality.
I am a difficult and lonely person. That I can assure you. And about what you say about being proud... No, I often feel sorry for myself, because I know that I don't belong here.
And I also feel respect and pity for the people around me, it's hard to explain what it's like here. Something that seems endless.
I know there are problems everywhere, but I just can't get my head around this absurd reality we live in.
Here again;
Totally agree that to get to know a person you have to be close to them, in person. Even so, from a distance there are people that I feel close to and there are people that I feel rejected, and it is possible that in person, someone that I feel close to may disappoint me, or I may be the one that disappoints. Even two good people don't have to get along or have to end up being friends. El mundo es complicado.
And I'll give you a personal fact, I'm a difficult and lonely person to get along with. I think that my choice of profession is not accidental, I think that none of them is accidental. In part my choice is due to the fact that I don't have to talk, be talked to, nor do I have to make friends with anyone.
I wish you all the best, and of course, I also wish (this is my wish) to continue to enjoy your creations.
Abrazo.
Maybe because we have to be close to the right people in the end.
Well... What is meant to be will be. And I hope I can continue to share my creations as long as my head doesn't get messed up and it works. Sometimes I get in the dark and lose the thread a bit. I hope I can enjoy yours too and thanks for wishing me well.
Te abrazo.
Ah, y esto de alquimista... 😟 no lo sé. Pero te agradezco igual. 😉
Muchas, muchas, muchas gracias @nanixxx
Muchas muchas muchas gracias enraizar. Esto de las raíces es muy bonito, la verdad.
Ser alquimista también 😀
Congratulations. Today's #monomad second place is yours.
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Thank you so much.
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