Pinar del Río, Cuba.
I’ve always wanted to create a whole series of photographs about the process of making charcoal. However, although this time I managed to capture kilns in two different stages, I didn’t get to do a more detailed piece of work… because of the dates, because I was just passing through, because I wanted to enjoy a bit of everything, and that would have meant persuading those people to devote some of their time to me as well. And so, it simply wasn’t the right moment.
Instead, I took these few photographs where I played a little with light and silhouettes… and I plan to bring them to him when I return there, to my father’s native land.
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With these photographs I’m sharing below, something very funny happened to me. I took them when my cousin came along with me to explore an area they call “La Vega” (of tobacco), and we went with the intention that I would spot many birds. But instead, I spotted this little house in the middle of nowhere and asked my cousin if he knew the people who lived there. What a question! Of course he knows them… and as we walked along that path and passed in front of the house, very modest, by the way, I saw the kiln half-built. The man who cut the sticks to set it up had done very hard work… I thought the next difficult part was coming: covering it with soil, keeping watch, and being alert if any openings appeared, to seal them as quickly as possible.
There was also a small cat in the midst of all that silence until the owner of the future charcoal kiln appeared. We greeted each other. And then a little girl came running noisily down the path, whispered something in his ear. –She says, why are you taking photos of the kiln and not of her… ah, well… there wasn’t much more to say. I photographed them both, and they too will have their pictures soon. Perhaps they won’t have to wait until I can go back. There’s the option of sending them with my father.
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