Pat Trotter

Children are the hope of any country and we are naturally drawn to them, their joy, their innocence, their ability to adapt.  Cuban children are no different and everywhere we encountered them we found them to be inquisitive and quite willing to put up with our incessant picture taking.  It

Because of our visit with the small Haitian community in the Havana suburbs I sought more information and came across the following from an article in the Havana Times in 2009. “The unfolding of events following the Haitian revolution had a great influence on the history of Cuba. We became

One of my projects over the past year has been to photograph men – an assignment I was given during a workshop.  The project has taken on a life of its own and I find I am challenged to depict men in photos in ways other than just the typical

This last day in Havana started out with a walk through the streets of Old Havana looking for those special moments to capture the flavor of the city and its people.  The night before a few of us walked the mile to the historic Hotel Nacional for a drink in

The last stop on our way back to Havana was to see the Zunzuncito – the Bee Hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world and only found in Cuba. The tiny winged creatures are mesmerizing! They are fed by an old man who maintains a sanctuary for them in his

Leaving the swamp we went through a small village where Carlos stopped at an unmarked house to buy some honey.  The honey they collect from the bees is all put into huge metal drums and dispensed from there. Carlos had brought along several large empty water bottles that he had

It was time to begin winding up our idyllic, eye-opening journey through a large swath of central Cuba and return to the capitol city of Havana. After a week on the road visiting Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Playa Larga and surrounding areas our senses were on overload trying to absorb the totality