Terremoto
Countryside, Cuba 2004
Another solo group. Ten intense days with another student that I welcomed into my life. One or twelve is the same, I’ll always accept my students because teaching is more than a way of making a living: it’s a mission. It becomes clearer everyday.
Veronika and I spent several days in the unique Cuban countryside and then the last few shooting on the magic streets of Havana. I introduced her to my farmers’ friends. We shared fragments of their existence, had some meals together, took pictures of their daily simple rituals.
We’ decided to call the group Terremoto to honor Adanai’s wonderful endless energy, my friend Fidel’s 5-year-old granddaughter. She is like an earthquake always, jumping, cavorting, competing with her male cousins in long running bouts across the tobacco fields. She is, above all, a very happy and sensitive child.
Veronika was very gracious and generous with all the people she met. It’s no surprise that the Goddess of Photography was very generous with her too.
Ten images that show her personal experience, her growth as a photographer who loves children and the elderly.
She listened to my teachings, assimilated them, made them part of her new way of seeing life. My hope is that she will continue to photograph youth and age wherever she will go to. EB
