In the streets of La Habana – Cuba

ByOlivier Steiner

Colors are dominating in La Habana: an old blue Ford, the often-decrepit pastels of the buildings and the vivid green of the vegetation…

However, during this journey a dull sky showed only some boring grey, diffusing a far too strong light that accentuated badly contrasts. Therefore it seemed interesting to shoot in black and white, voluntary forgetting the wide variety of colors.

Finally, a black and white photo is an interpretation of what the photographer sees and remembers. It is as well a way to accentuate other contrasts than the one proposed by lights.

In black and white, La Habane looks out of its contemporary context. It seems frozen in time, somewhere between now and a long time ago.

Vendors selling fruits on a street in La Habana, Cuba, with pedestrians and vintage cars in the back.
Small market in the streets of La Habana
Vibrant mural of a man with a hat playing a guitar on a city wall in La Habana, Cuba.
In the Streets of La Habana
Old man sitting on a chair in a narrow city street, black and white photo.
In the streets of La Habana
Urban street scene in black and white, featuring old buildings, bicycles, and pedestrians.
In the streets of La Habana
Panadería El Pilar bakery sign with vintage bicycle in La Habana.
Pause boulangerie – Bakery break
Vintage car and city street scene in Havana, Cuba.
Historic Havana street with vintage cars and pedestrians, capturing the vibrant urban atmosphere.
Vintage car on a city street in black and white.
Morning light and morning life in the streets of La Habana
Man sitting on a bench in La Habana street, with palm trees and urban background.
A nap on a bench in La Habana ? – Une petites sieste sur un banc dans La Havane ?
Architectural stadium with distinctive roof structure and open field.
Baseball is the number 1 sport in Cuba – Le baseball est le sport numéro 1 à Cuba
Street scene with people playing cards and a woman walking.
In the streets of La Habana
Vintage car in La Habana street, Cuba, with pedestrians and colonial architecture.
Morning life in La Habana
Old Havana street scene in Cuba with pedestrians and historic buildings.
In the streets of La Habana
Vivid street scene in La Habana featuring a street vendor pushing a cart among pedestrians and cycli.
In the streets of La Habana
Classic vintage car parked in historic La Habana street scene.
Yes, that’s a Taxi
Vintage Ford car hood ornament and emblem in black and white.
Close-up of a classic Ford car hood ornament and logo in black and white.
Cuban man repairing vintage taxi on street in La Habana, Cuba.
Work in progress
Old classic car parked on a lively Havana street with pedestrians and historic buildings.
Hanging out in La Habana Vieja
Vintage cars and colonial buildings in La Habana street scene.
In the streets of La Habana
Colorful street life in La Habana with parked cars and locals enjoying the day.
Generations
Old Havana street scene with two girls playing with a small table and chairs.
Life in the streets of La Habana

 

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