Thursday, August 2, 2007

Chiclet...chiclet!


I have been travelling to Cuba since 1996...those early years I always would take lots of chewing gum. I was always asked by children for Chiclet...


I was in the area of La Habana near the Cuatro Caminos market...these boys had been playing but once they saw me coming they immediately asked for some and I stated that if they allowed me to take a photo of them that they would get their gum...


I could not have posed these kids this well if I had tried...and I didn't...this is exactly what they gave me ...naturally...each child is an image unto itself!
After about 1998, the kids stopped asking for chiclet...they asked for 'moneda'.

2 comments:

Fantomas said...

excelent pictures..la realidad cubana

Roy Llera said...

Thank you...this is a project that is dedicated to the Cubans and showing the world their reality.