Callejón de Hamel: Photo Shoot con Emilio [EN-ES]

Hello friends, this Saturday I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot in a magical place: Callejón de Hamel (Hamel's Alley).
An emblematic place in Havana that is located between Aramburu and Hospital streets. This space was in its beginnings a foundry of Fernando Belleau Hamel from which this alley of Havana takes its name.
The place is dedicated to Afro-Cuban culture and there converge symbols, graffiti, sculptures, dances, and a rich diversity of artistic expressions in general. It is undoubtedly a must-visit if you come to the city.
Emblematic figures of international music such as Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin's guitarist, and Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley's drummer, have visited the place.
This time the session was with Emilio, he wrote me a Whatsapp the day before knowing that I was going to be in that area and proposed me to take some pictures.

As you can see in the images, we tried to transmit the strength and vibrancy of the place.
His shirt, with yellow and green colors, symbolize Orula, one of the fundamental deities of the pantheon of the Yoruba religion, considered the god of divination.

As this session is quite extensive, I will post it in two parts.

I do not consider myself a religious person, although in my family there is a great mix of everything, as probably happens in many Cuban families.
My grandfather Andrés, for example, practiced Palo Monte, as did my uncle. My stepbrother is a babalawo and my stepsister a santera and paternal grandmother was a spiritist.
On the maternal side, my grandmother was an evangelical Christian, just like my brother and his wife. Like my mom and dad, I don't practice any religion, although the truth could be said that I do not consider myself an atheist, either.

It is such a great mixture of cultures and religions that make up this country that I find richness in almost all of them, as well as things that I don't like either and some I completely dislike, such as the use of animals for religious ceremonies. That kind of thing is quite repulsive to me and I can't understand it, and I don't think I ever will.
However, the dancing, the singing, the colorfulness, the stories, that I do enjoy.
That's why this place seems almost magical to me, with all its graffiti and small spaces full of messages.
I hope you liked it, because we had a great time!