2017 Photo Contest, Daily Life, 1st prize

Cuba on the Edge of Change

Photographer

Tomás Munita

The New York Times

29 January, 2016

A farmer in the countryside near Viñales.

Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president and leader of the Communist revolution, died on 26 November. Mourning was fervent and public across the country. The mourning period lasted nine days, after which Castro’s ashes were taken on a route that retraced, in reverse, the steps of his victorious march from Santiago to Havana in 1959. Thousands turned out to watch the procession pass. Castro left a Cuba with much-admired education and healthcare systems, but one where a longstanding US economic embargo had led to shortages of basic supplies and widespread disrepair.

About the photographer

Tomás Munita

He has won several awards, including 4 World Press Photo awards, Leica’s Oskar Barnack, Visa D’or Daily News, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, All Rodas, Henri Nannen, 2nd Photographer of...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/4000
Focal length
35.0 mm
F-Stop
4.0
ISO
280
Camera
Nikon D810

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