Viva La Revolucion! by wysiwig
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The only new buses I saw in Cuba were Chinese made Yutong buses. At the airport we were introduced to our Cuban guide Jorge and loaded onto a gigantic Yutong bus. But instead of going to our hotel we were driven the Plaza de la Revolucion (Revolution Square), the site of so many rallies and four hour speeches by Fidel Castro. It is a huge open space covering 739,000 square feet (72,000 square meters), flanked on one end by two large sculptures of Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos and the 358 foot tall monument to Jose Martí at the other end. The monument was built during the regime of Fulgencio Bautista and completed in 1958. The next year Bautista was overthrown by Fidel Castro’s revolution.
Comments (8)
MrsRatbag
Fascinating stuff!
jayfar
An interesting set of pics Mark.
durleybeachbum
Gosh! I think I should have liked a coffee first!
Most imposing public 'art'.
Cyve
Fantastic captures my friend !!!
auntietk
I like the way Cienfuegos' hat looks like a halo in this sculpture. (I'm sure there are those who would make something of that.) Those open metal work pieces are both wonderful likenesses, and in such a few strokes. Interesting that the famous Plaza was your first stop, even before the hotel.
(This is gonna be fun!) :)
kgb224
Superb captures and collage. At least Cuba is open for travel now and we can see Cuba through the eys of travelers. Thank you for sharing these captures of your travels through Cuba. God bless.
bugsnouveau
Fun to see this and read that, Mark...thanks for sharing...Tom
anahata.c
good comment from tara... Cienfuegos was known for his big brimmed hat, and I would bet anything that they wanted it to look like a halo...he looks almost like Jesus here, which I can't imagine was by accident. The Che sculpture looks like it's from an iconic photo of him, which was made into all those famous posters. (A link to the photo, which I'm sure you've seen either in photo or poster form a million times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrillero_Heroico#/media/File:Heroico1.jpg) What an amazing sight, and strong captures of them. And, with tara, yeah I bet they took you here to show their revolution, and maybe make a comment on how America handled it all. I love that you captured that metal tower behind Cienfuegos' piece, like he was broadcasting to the world. The lower two sights feel monolithic and sterile (not your work, but the structures'), and the far right shows the wonderful variety of stone hues and textures. All fine shots, Mark, and I love what you're showing us of this trip. (When you're on a tour, I wonder if you have to curtail your shooting because of schedule, etc. Sounds like you had a personal guide, maybe you had freedom. I've traveled so little to far places, in the last couple of decades, I really have no idea what it's like to photograph when you're with a group of people...)
(Re Che...I assume you know something about his history, you probably know more than I do. But what a complex man he was! He started out wanting so dearly to unite South America and bring people together and help the poor. He had such a vision...But in his latter days, as so often happens to revolutionaries, he became hardened and cruel. There's a famous story of how he ate molded meat, knowing well what it could do to him, since he was a doctor; but somehow he didn't care. He felt invincible. That photo above became iconic because it captured his sternness and his sensitivity in one image. To me, he's one of the most fascinating people to come out of the 20th C revolutions...)