Stories that weave through my blog
I've been writing this blog since 2005, which is to say over twelve years. Sometimes there's more, and sometimes I have less to say, but the average is about ten…
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September 22, 2018
Hall of Mirrors
On a hot and humid day in March of 1957, forty-two men armed with sub-machine guns, carbines and automatic pistols crammed into the back of a small delivery truck. Two…
September 26, 2011
Iglesia San Felipe
This is an interior of a church located in Habana Vieja (the old district of Havana, Cuba). The image is comprised of three bracketed exposures, shot using a tripod on…
July 14, 2011
Matanzas River
The gritty provincial city of Matanzas is sometimes called the Venice of Cuba because of its many rivers and bridges. This is a stretch---but as I walked across a central…
February 17, 2011
Wire Sculpture
A visit to Cuba launches you into an understanding of revolutionary and totalitarian hagiography. The likenesses of the heros of the revolution—Fidel, Che, and other less well-known revolutionary generals—are everywhere…
January 27, 2011
Havana Cross
Havana Cross, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. In downtown Havana, Cuba, near the Capitolio Nacional and across the street from the Floridita---a bar favored by Hemingway in…
July 29, 2010
Converting to Black & White
Courtyard, photo by Harold Davis. For a preview of my upcoming Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques check out Converting to Black & White, the most recent…
March 7, 2010
Black & White HDR
Capitolio Nacional, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This is a shot---or, more accurately, three shots---of the Cuban Capitolio Nacional in Havana. The elegant building is mostly empty,…
February 5, 2010
Cuban Portrait
Cuban Portrait No. 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I photographed this man on the streets of Cienfeugos, a small city that is one of the provincial…
January 30, 2010
Havana Waterfront
Havana Waterfront, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. I desaturated this image of waves battering the Malecon along the Havana waterfront, and also added some virtual grain, to…
December 19, 2009
Straight Shot
Straight Shot, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. This decorative central shaft presents a straight shot up to a skylight in the Edificio Cuervo Rubio---a stunning art deco…
December 15, 2009
Puente Bacunayagua
Puente Bacunayagua, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger. On the highway between the tourist beach enclaves of Veradero and the gritty provincial capital of Matanzas to the east,…
December 12, 2009
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…
December 5, 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
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
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
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