DESCRIPTION
I imagine the year to be 1957, where Havana was the world's fourth-most-expensive city at the time. According to the International Labour Organization, the average industrial salary in Cuba became the world's eighth-highest in 1958, and the average agricultural wage was higher than in developed nations such as Denmark, West Germany, Belgium, and France. Cuba also had Latin America's highest per capita consumption rates of meat, vegetables, cereals, automobiles, telephones and radios during this period.
Many vintage buildings remain in Havana today, in exactly the same conditions as they were in the 1950s... and many of my friends still play and live in such buildings. And today, as the Castro era wanes, Cuba's youth have their doubts, dreams and their stories....
1957 is a collection of portraits and stories of my friends in Havana...
AUTHOR
Exhibition Selection, Trierenberg Photo Circuit 2017
Finalist, Alfred Fried Award 2016
Finalist, Travel Photographer of the Year Award 2016, Mankind Category
Finalist, Travel Photographer of the Year Award 2016, New Talent Catgeory
Finalist, Travel Photographer Society Awards 2017
Honorable Mention in People: Travel/ Culture Category, ND Awards 2016
Judges Choice 1, 5th Greek Photographic Circuit 2017, 1st Salon, Monochrome Category
Winner, CRU photography contest, People Category, 2016
Winner, Free and Easy Traveller Photo Contest 2016
Winner, People's Choice Award, Australian Photography Magazine, Travel, April 2016
Winner, People's Choice Award, Australian Photography Magazine, Portraits, December 2016
Winner, Venezia Eventi Contest Fotografico Internazionale 'Carnevale di Venezia' 2016
3rd Prize, Istanbul Photography Awards 2017, Story Portrait Category
