Hemingway and Cuba
This cougar head occupies a place of honor in Papa Hemingway’s dressing area at the Hemingway Museum in the suburbs of Havana, Cuba. Photo by Harold Davis. View this image…
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December 5, 2009
Point Bonita by Moonlight
Point Bonita by Moonlight, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. By the strong light of a waxing gibbous moon I photographed the outer Marin Headlands coast, looking south…
December 4, 2009
Butterfly Prize
Wings of Man, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. My image Wings of Man (above) has won second prize in the NABA (North American Butterfly Association) 2009 art…
December 3, 2009
Wave
Ninth Wave, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I went over to the Marin coast on a day with a high surf warning. There was wind, too. I…
December 2, 2009
Cienfeugos Sunset
Cienfeugos Sunset, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. These two images were captured from the seventh floor balcony of the Hotel Jagua in Cienfeugos, Cuba. Cienfeugos is a…
December 1, 2009
Woman and Fan
Woman and Fan, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In a tourist shop selling hand made lace in Trinidad, Cuba I noticed the owner's apartment behind the store.…
November 30, 2009
Teatro Tomas Terry
Teatro Tomas Terry, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. Tomas Terry made his first fortune nursing sick slaves back to health, then selling them. He went on to…
November 29, 2009
Tower Play
Inside the Tower, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. These two images are of the tower above the Palacio Ferrer in Cienfeugos, Cuba. I shot both the interior…
November 28, 2009
Alter Ego
Alter Ego, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this gourd in Joseph's studio. It seems the inner gourd has the soul and shadow of a dinosaur---aided…
November 27, 2009
Health Care in Cuba
In a sidebar titled Health without Wealth the Lonely Planet travel guide to Havana gushes about the impressive achievements of the Cuban health care system. Not to just pick on…
November 27, 2009
Nicky Is Eight
Nicky is Eight, photo by Harold Davis. We recently had a great time celebrating Nicky's eighth birthday with family and a few of his friends. Nicky is such a great…
November 26, 2009
Looking Up
Looking Up, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is looking up the spiral staircase in the Edificio Cuervo Rubio in La Habana, Cuba. Here's the view looking…
November 25, 2009
Stair to Heaven
Stair to Heaven, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is an abstraction created in the Photoshop Darkroom from Twisted Stairs. Here's an earlier post about some of…
November 24, 2009
Map of a Life
Map of a Life, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I don't know very much about this old woman. I photographed her in Las Terrazas, Cuba---part ecology preserve…
November 23, 2009
After Cataract Surgery
After Cataract Surgery, photo by Harold Davis. View this image lagrer. This is my mom Virginia Davis, world traveller and distinguished fiber artist. She recently had cataract surgery, and can…
November 22, 2009
Edificio Cuervo Rubio
Edificio Cuervo Rubio, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a fisheye shot looking down the staircase in the Edificio Cuervo Rubio, an art deco apartment building…
November 21, 2009
Cover Model
Cover Model, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In Cuba, posing for tourist photos is a desirable profession---and a good way to get convertible pesos. All it takes…
November 20, 2009
Malecon Moon
Malecon Moon, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I shot this view of the Malecon in Havana, Cuba from the small bluff that the Hotel Nacional sits on.…
November 19, 2009