What do you get when you take a vintage/thrift store 1966 Minolta 35mm film camera and add the hot steamy weather of Havana? Photographer Nicole Alexeeva discovered you get “photos that look like some sort of painting – very dreamlike. Cuba is a bit of a dream and I think the photos represent that dreamy feeling when you arrive there. You have to listen to “Hotel California,” as you look through photos to enhance the experience.”
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- Patience – Living under Communism, food is rationed. You will see designated lines for specific foods such as bread, eggs, and meat in various locations. Photo of a young man walking with a few dozen eggs down San Miguel.
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- Love – A man looking at a woman in awe as they wait for their food.
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- Paparazzi – A photo of someone taking a photo of me as we race by each other in similar cars.
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- Highway – Ride back from the beach to Havana
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- Dashboard – I was fortunate to be able to ride to the beach back and forth in this shiny red 1951 Chrysler convertible.
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- Two musicians getting up from their rest.
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- Beach 3 – Two musicians sitting down, taking a break from playing.
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- Entering the beach.
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- Music – Live Music at the rooftop bar
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- Telephone booth – You see these little pods all over Havana. Since internet is scarce and expensive, you will see lines of people waiting to get on the phone to call their loved ones.
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- Havana after rain – There was tropical storm the first five days in Havana. This was what was left of the rain in the streets.
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- Nighthawks, Havana Edition – Photo looking into a restaurant in the center of Havana. Couple enjoying an evening to themselves.
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- Havana Nighttime – Photo of Hotel Inglaterra – I spent many nights by myself in hotel lobbies and rooftop bars listening to live Caribbean and Jazz music. I true joy to hear.
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- Sunset from the center of Havana where the Capitol building sits. The sunsets here are picturesque.
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- Sunset from the center of Havana where the Capitol building sits. The sunsets here are picturesque.
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- 5. Havana Sunset 4 – Sunset by the water piers. The sunsets here are picturesque and no photo can capture the beauty I witnessed each every night in Havana.
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- Havana Sunset 3 – Sunset by the water piers. The sunsets here are picturesque and no photo can capture the beauty I witnessed each every night in Havana.
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- Havana Car – The streets of Havana are packed with classic American cars and proud car owners. To maintain an American car for 50 years or more is a feat worthy of pride.
