¡Cuba, Cuba! 65 Years of Photography

[Judi Lynn]

2. Didn't know about Walker Evans. The photos you've posted are amazing.

Really want to look up more of his work. It's far too interesting to forget!

Cuba was no place to be for descendants of African people during those years. Hideous racism, absolutely the pits. The dirtbag Spanish oligarchs took it with them when they ran at the end of the Revolution, to Miami, and Venezuela, Spain, Puerto Rico, etc.

The bar where the anglos were spending their time had English writing on the door. Interesting, considering it was the 1930's. Batista was powerful by 1935 already, and spend most of those years moving behind the scenes after his first Presidency in the '30's, even running things from Miami, at times.

These Walker Evans photos are very revealing of Cuban life, aren't they? Definitely give the lie to the "exile" claim Cuba used to be a real Garden of Eden before the Revolution!

So well done. Thank you.