Havana

The most recent economic recession has brought the changes which had just begun in Cuba to a standstill. The associated privations are reflected in the behaviour and the faces of the people living in Havana. Fahrner-Tutsek’s photographs show the inhabitants of the city as they go about their business (which is often non-existent), sit on the street, perhaps play or simply wait. In a poetic approach the Cuban writer Leonardo Padura describes life in present-day Havana. The volume is enhanced by an insightful essay by the noted photographer and photographic theorist Michael Freeman.