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| The CCLA Travel Gallery |
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Amateur photographs are welcome. The only requirement is that they need
to be about people and places and travel and they have to be about Canada
or Cuba.
Our Travel Gallery Editor is Stella Ducker
You can send your photographs to her at - bcshadow@rogers.com
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Photos by C.C.L.A.
WEFLA Conference, April 19 - 23
Cuba 2010 NEW PHOTOS Photos by C.C.L.A. Members Jan. 21 - Feb 4th Trip to Cuba 2010 NEW PHOTOSPhotos by
C.C.L.A. Members Jan. 25 - Feb. 8th Trip to Cuba
2009 Photos by
C.C.L.A. Members
February 8th - 22nd Trip to Cuba 2008 Photos by
C.C.L.A. Members Jan. 29 - Feb. 12
Trip to Cuba 2007 Photos by
Kaloian Santos Cabera, Cuba Photos by
Amauris Betancourt, Holguin, Cuba Photos by
Wency Rosales, Holguin, Cuba Photos
by Richard M. Grove, Brighton, Ontario,
Canada Photos by
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Photos by Kaloian Santos Cabera, |
| I have been travelling throughout Cuba
as a backpacker for 6 years now. In "At Night throughout Cuba" I try to
catch, on my temporary passing, the photogenic natural art given away by
some of the Island's common places. My camera and the night's complicity, a peculiar gift this last one- keep me company. I don't discard colour photography. I use it rather to add all sorts of tinges, from the color spectrum shade to the human frame of mind. Light's polychromes turn into starring elements to the same extent of human beings' silhouettes. Cuba is a real cultural kaleidoscope: People at front porches or on pavements at nightfall; nightfall chatting at cities with thick cement seafronts; imposing lighthouses, mute eyewitnesses, recalling diachronically the formation of Marti's nation; the houses' facade propaganda, our Old Folks. |
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Carlos Puebla, the People's Singer |
Benny More and the Manzanillo Bay |
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Photos by Amauris Betancourt, Holguin,Cuba
| The Cuban carnival is a deep-rooted
tradition. Carnivals are country wide celebrated. Also known as popular
parties, we have 169 carnivals in Cuba in correspondence with the number
of municipalities in the island. It is an anxiously expected date. People meet at open and closed spaces to drink and dance, to talk and joke. It doesn't matter who is sitting or standing next to you as long as they are having fun. The most popular carnivals are held in Santiago de Cuba and then in Havana. They get my eyes as a photographer because it is an excellent opportunity to show full length part of the Cuban idiosyncrasy. |
| Trumpeters stand for a main character at a carnival
because of their rhythm and colourful costume. |
Massive multi-coloured parades are held every day. |
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Cuban pride and joyful mischief. |
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Cuban Mulattas in their carnival outfit. |
Morning Peacock
Finca Mayabe Restaurant,
Nature blends with birds.
Guardalavaca Beach.
Photos by Wency Rosales, Holguin, Cuba
Cuba is not only a Caribbean Island, is also a land
full of marvels, nature itself, people and everything is just a surprise
when you take a second look at them. Visiting places is better than
reading a book, with all descriptions and details about a cave, a secret
pass away, woods in a natural park, statues, day life, kids, birthdays
parties and more. Nature sometimes greener, depending on the season,
sometimes is just a cracked earth with scorched grass. But every day,
there is something hidden new and beautiful like waiting to be discovered
and we only have the chance to see that, when we take a photograph. That's
why these seconds being taken by a passer by is worthwhile to see; and
like everywhere else, its own natural typical herd of birds with beautiful
feathers, and all kind of pets as well. Altogether people with all
possible races mix, friendly and willing to show the visitors their own
idiosyncrasy, and give an everlasting friendship.
the most beautiful animal on a farm.
One of the higher sites of Holguin, Cuba.
Through the branches the bird
watches everyone's steps.
One the most visited places in Cuba by all visitors.
Photos by Richard M. Grove,
Brighton, Ontario, Canada
Sand Banks Provincial Park, Ontario,
Canada, in Prince Edward County.
Richard Grove traveled to a neighbouring provincial park and shot these
winter pictures Sunday, February, 25th. It looks much colder than it
really is.
Richard M. Grove is the president of the CCLA and lives with his wife Kim
in Presqu'ile Provincial Park, half way between Kingston and Toronto,
south of the 401.
These are just a few photos that I took in Cuba in
March 2006. I met up with Manuel, our CCLA VP,
in Havana for meetings.
I am publishing an ebook called "Cuba Trip 2006" with photos, poetry and
prose. If you would like a copy it is free BUT you will need to pay $3.00
shipping and handling. Let me know if you would like one mailed to you.
You can reach me at
writers@HiddenBrookPress.com.
Thank you for coming to the new CCLA Travel Gallery.
Manuel Velázquez León
the Coast of Havana
after meeting at the Canadian Embassy
Havana University where Manuel and I
gave a talk about the CCLA.
This is Pablo my God son, Manuel and
Adonay's son
visiting Gibara, Cuba
A fishing village at the Port of Gibara, Cuba.
The outer limits of Holguin, Cuba
