A photographer's job of organizing his or her archive is probably the most tedious there is. It takes a lot of time and I think most of it is diluted in choosing which photos to keep and which to discard. Because, my friends, it is a reality that not everything can be kept even if you want to. Sometimes we can deal with a terrible lack of space.
These days I have started to look at some folders where I keep works that need -let's say- a cleaning. It is not easy. It is terrible, I can say.
I thought that as time went by this task would be less cumbersome, but no. It makes me sad to press that delete key, a sadness that also brings pain.
I was on this issue a few hours ago and I came across some work I did in 2018. It turns out that a friend who had a Fototours business contacted me because she had a lot of work piled up and almost couldn't keep up with all the commitments.
I found these photos of a girl that I remember was one of the most fun jobs I did helping my friend.
If it takes art to photograph, I think it takes a lot more art to pose. Or I don't know, you tell me. To each his own, right?
But my thoughts don't stop there. Looking through the photos and selecting a few for this post, I thought that the first comment I made earlier today on Hive was about Havana. A traveller was questioning rather sad things that, yes, are certainly experienced in my city, but I also told him that these kinds of things are not exclusive to Havana, because, in every city in the world, there are unscrupulous people willing to take advantage of the ignorance or innocence of foreign visitors.
I recommend that before travelling to any place you should be well informed and there are even ways to find people who can guide you so that your experience will not be as disastrous as it was. I felt so sad for him and also for how he was presenting my city, which (I'm not saying that I'm not) is hurting, and needs a lot of love, to be taken care of and not let it drown in neglect.
These are difficult times... well honestly since I have a conscience I don't remember prosperity. However, I feel a great love for my city and for this country. We know that things are not going well, but it hurts us very much that they come to speak ill of our home. I always try to do good and contribute so that things improve, although I am aware that this is the responsibility of all Cubans.
Let's go back to the photos... Havana is magical and I am sure this girl was happy here. I would like to hear from you -if you have the time and inclination- what this work conveys to you.
These are just a few photos from that photo session. Maybe one of these days I'll get the feeling and show you a few more.
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I see disrepair, but happiness.
I see struggle, but courage and strength.
I see a country in stasis, but determination and effort.
I see a reason people may feel bleak and colourless, but I see vibrant colour.
I see a place I'd like to visit, but more importantly a people I'd like to meet - innovative and determined.
That's right. You have crowned it. 🤗
It's what I see; whether it's the reality is another thing I guess.
That vision is the one I share.
Havana hurts, maybe today more... but Havana is also its people and everything you mention, they have it. We have it.
It's such a shame things went the way they did, I wonder what the country might be like if Castro had not been a dick.
It seems to me that you want to take me to Australia. So I can see the whales up close... 🤣
Ah you saw my recent photography post about Port Elliot. if you come here you'll have to bring your camera...bring a big-ass lens and you'll get some good whale photos.
I can't believe that everywhere you went that same lady was there! She must get around a bit.
Hahaha... ay, are you going to start?
😂
She's stalking you!
or I am stalking her 🤣
I knew it!
😂😂😂
¿Cómo va ese concierto?, mi pianista preferida 😉
The current situation is really bad, but it's not all the picture so, we can also find good things within the chaos, like the ones you show in these picrures, a really nice look of Havana and what our country represents for us.
I discovered a little more about how bad the situation is there...I thought I knew but I didn't. It's so sad.
It is indeed, it's harder for some people than for others, that's why leaving the country represents the best option for so many people, and I don't judge them at all, 'cause I understand them ❤️🩹
I spoke about this with someone who lives there recently and it made me feel sad, but also made me respect you folks so much, your resilience, persistence and the way you keep smiling through it all.
Thank you so much for your nice words 🙏❤️, it means a lot. We Cubans love our country so much, that's why it's so painful to see what it has become, but as you say, we try to keep a happy face above all.
People here could learn from you folks, most wouldn't last ten minutes in your country. It's a credit to you, how you cope and manage and still keep upbeat about it. I hope to visit someday, I'd love to, and hopefully would get to meet some you Hivers there.
Have a nice weekend.
Están geniales estas fotos 😃, creo que expresan la alegría que siente el que visita La Habana, al menos eso me transmiten a mí porque yo cuando estuve allí (dos veces he ido) andaba así, emocionada y feliz en cada esquina que conocía 🎉.
Y del resto, es como dices, en todos los países hay problemas y en cualquier lugar del mundo te pueden estafar. Leí el post que mencionas y bue... ok, cada quien tiene su visión (y sus prejuicios), como la mía siempre es hacia el optimismo, no percibí tu ciudad así jejeje, ¡simplemente la amé!
La mía también.
Es verdad, cada cual tiene su opinión y su visión. Yo no juzgo, solo creí necesario responder con un poquito de mi manera de pensar.
Gracias, por tan alegre y valioso comentario.
✨🙂
Hermosas fotos, me encantaron!
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Ah, gracias @jordy0827, me alegra que te gusten. En realidad fue muy divertido y siempre puse mucho empeño para que las imágenes quedaran lo más natural posible. Por supuesto, la chica era una genia. 😅
Excelente fotos
¡Gracias!
Super
😍
😚😄😆😅
Hay cierta compañía de telecomunicaciones por ahí, qué no quiere que yo aprecie tus fotos 😅😂
No importa, mañana vuelvo a admirarlas 😁
De momento, entiendo tu sentir. Si a los que no somos fotógrafo nos da nostalgia volver sobre momentos pasados plasmados en imágenes, puedo imaginar el dolor, desde el arte, de hacer una "limpieza" de esos pedacitos de memorias 😥
De la Habana no quiero hablar, duele en estos días un poco más de lo que ya estamos habituados 🖤... pero sí, comparto tu sentir
No estamos apurados. El tiempo está detenido y mañana será como si fuera hoy. 😂
Es un registro realista, con atractivas escenas de tu ciudad y una hermosa morena, en el que nos das una visión que pudiera pensarse "edulcorada", pero no lo es, pues el deterioro y la precariedad están. Saludos, @nanixxx.
Gracias amigo por su apreciación. Es verdad. Y yo siempre trato de apegarme a la realidad en mis trabajos.
Un abrazo 🤗
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Pues si @nanixxx, veo felicidad en el rostro y el cuerpo de esa chica, sin duda la pasó miy bien y La Habana a pesar de todas las penurias es muy seductora, yo también la amo profundamente aunque muchas veces hay cosas que pasan. en ella que me duelen, pero eso no cambia mi amor por ella, por mis raíces y aunque hay un abandono indiscutible, La Habana es sumamente hermosa ❤️
(Lin Yutang)
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Exacto , nunca mejor dicho 👌
Well My friend, o know the feeling ti visit La Habana and hace been guided by a generous girl and i want to thanks to her for that 😉. I Also can imagine the sadnees You would feel ir You have to delete some of your photos. By the way, those that You show us are simply awsome.
Do you also want a photo session? 🤣
Of course. I've never had an oportunity to be a model for an artist.
I loved this photo shoot, she looks super happy, I love it!
The picture where she's looking at the cat mural, that's my favourite and I think you know why hahaha.
Great @nanixxx ❤️
meow 😅
This girl (well criolla, mulatisima) is denoted that she enjoyed very much this moment, where she was for a while the center of your photographic lens. So spectacular poses that dazzles with her cubania, a well nuanced identity, that everyone who lives and feels for this country feels identified. It is obviously not the best, but it is our home. A house that needs a lot of repairs, because it is falling apart, but it is still our home. Congratulations friend, another excellent photographic work.
Está chica (bien criolla, mulatisima) se denota que disfrutó mucho este momento, donde fue por un tiempo el centro de tu lente fotográfico. Tan espectaculares poses que deslumbra con su cubania, una identidad bien matizada, que todo el que vive y siente por este país se siente identificado. Que no es el mejor obviamente, pero es nuestra casa. Una casa que hay que hacerle muchas reparaciones,porque se cae a pedazos, pero no deja de ser nuestro hogar. Felicidades amiga, otro excelente trabajo fotográfico.
Y si yo te dijera que ella no es cubana? 😁
It is true, you want to keep all the photos but no, you have to choose some and that is a difficult and painful task 💔
Posing for a photograph IS AN ART. In my experience, it takes a lot of angel and charisma to pose something I don't have, that's why I don't take pictures myself hahaha 😂😅 that girl definitely has it. She is gorgeous and looks so natural with that beautiful huge smile 😍
Nice pictures my friend 🌹
Buhito of my heart, thank you thank you thank you... I will do a photo session with you one day. I'm sure I will.
Las fotos turísticas son "engañosas" 🤭. Su finalidad publicitaria es el objetivo y siempre tratan de mostrar lo lindo de cada lugar. Tu sesión muestra belleza, esa que hay por toda la Habana, la real, la de su gente, de sus fachadas deterioradas por el tiempo, de sus calles no tan limpias. Un poco de nostalgia traen, porque los que la habitamos sabemos que cada día está más abandonada y duele, duele mucho. Pero la Habana es mágica, nuestro país es bello, dejando a un lado todo tipo de cuestionamientos. No he leído el post que refieres, pero cada cual habla desde su vivencia, no creo que se deba generalizar. En todos lados hay gente sin escrúpulos. Otros problemas, que incluso, no padecemos aún en nuestro país. Mientras tanto sigamos disfrutando de esta ciudad maravillosa y tratemos de hacer lo mejor por ella, por todos. Tus publicaciones como siempre, reflexión y disfrute 😜. Feliz sábado.
Hay algo que siempre he pensado y es acerca de la pertinencia de ser nosotros mismos voceros de nuestra realidad, pues las personas suelen dar muchas cosas por sentado y la vida siempre está llena de matices. Todos nosotros tenemos una valiosa opinión. Yo no descarto ninguna. Pero las mejores son aquellas que se hacen sobre la base del conocimiento y la vivencia. Te agradezco siempre tu visita y tus comentarios. Un abrazo, sol, mucho sol. Y mucho corazón también.
Todo nace, tiene sus días de gloria y después fenece para volver a revivir y comenzar la rueda del Samsara una y otra vez. La Habana, cuando renazca, la veo como a una novia que irá a su casamiento muy enamorada. Y que bailará a ritmo de conga en carnavales interminables.
Una ciudad a dónde volverán las aves migratorias con historias y experiencias de sus vuelos, con formas nuevas de construir sus nidos.
🥂 Salud !!! Este post es una forma de salvar la Habana.
Todos podemos hacer un poquito por ella. Desde un post mostrando su belleza descascarada hasta evitar tirar basura en sus calles. O quizás hacer una gran campaña para limpiarla. Otros le dedican poemas y palabras con mucho sentimiento a esa novia sin par.
Frases...
(John Fletcher)
Me quedo con la frase !!! 👍🥂
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Very nice pictures, the real beauty of Havana, that's how the city is and that's how we are, cheerful in spite of everything. Great!
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I really liked this post, @nanixxx, the Cubanness it encompasses is fantastic and very pure. Tell your friend that she is a great model and you that you are a great photographer. Hugs from where Cuba is greener.
Thank you my dear, @yventura. I will tell her (pero creo que ella lo sabe 😁).
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Wonderful photos dear @nanixxx ❤️
😁 Un homenaje a mi bella Habana. Aunque a veces luzca descascarada, ella conserva su encanto.
Yo me quedo detrás de cámaras, el arte de posar tengo que pulirlo mucho todavía. jajaja
Las fotos me encanan. Con tantos colores se ve menos tristeza de la que hay realmente. Es un gran trabajo, muestras la realidad pero con optimismo.
Gracias Daya. Es verdad que posar es un poco trabajoso, pero hay gente que se le da de maravillas y puede convertir ese momento en un disfrute, un juego. En cambio para algunos, quizás es como una pesadilla. 😁
Yo no veo que quedo bien en ninguna foto, por eso no soporto hacerme fotos. 😂
La Habana es un encanto, pero yo no sé hacer ese tipo de trabajos edulcorados. No es que me haya planteado hacerlo de este modo, es que simplemente es lo que sé hacer.
Mejor aún, las mejores cosas son las que vienen del alma.😍
PD: yo tampoco se posar, pero de que aprendo, aprendo.🤣