Rescue

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Sometimes when I look at my photos from many years ago, I feel I had much more passion—or that I saw more, and saw better… not in the literal sense of seeing, but of truly observing.


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2014


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2015

I have a bunch of photos from those years, “almost lost,” and I don’t really know when I’ll have the chance to rescue them. I found these on a drive, and I want to keep them here on my blog.


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Havana
2016


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Havana
2016

Stages... that's all they are. Doesn’t it ever happen to you—that feeling that somewhere along the way, you've lost a part of yourself, and you’d like to get it back?


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This one, for instance, I took when Karl Lagerfeld came to Cuba. A year later, he died.
2018


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I used to get lost in the streets of Havana and talk to people. Now, perhaps, I’m a bit of a hermit.


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It took a long time to restore our Capitol. I like having this photo because it reminds me how much things can improve.
2014


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Nuns being observed by a curious girl
2012


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Brother José. Offerings.
2017


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Somewhere in Los Palacios, Pinar del Río. Cuba.
2014


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At a cultural event in a Havana square.
2012


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Traveler
2017


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Such a powerful and touching post—“Rescue” truly captures compassion in action. 💙

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I love all of your photos. It's hard to choose just one, but I think I really like the one with the old lady in pink on the street, and the one with someone running by. Beautiful!

I agree with your comment. Yeah, when we look back at our past art, we definitely feel our original passion again.

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In some way, it sparked something, thanks! Glad you think my photos are good! 😊

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Sometimes when I look at my photos from many years ago, I feel I had much more passion—or that I saw more, and saw better… not in the literal sense of seeing, but of truly observing.

Maybe it's more just a general change and growth in the things you know you want to shoot now? A change in the types of stories you want to tell? I find that has happened with me over the years, I still shoot similar things, but I have also noticed a lot of changes in what I shoot and how I now shoot things I otherwise wouldn't back then.

I used to get lost in the streets of Havana and talk to people. Now, perhaps, I’m a bit of a hermit.

This could be a result of that changing interest too, but it doesn't mean it's a bad thing if you're pursuing what is more appealing to you now ;^)

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@topcomment 👆
You’ve got me thinking… thank you. I know that by looking at these photos closely today, something may have shifted within me, something hidden has risen to the surface.

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Life passed, stages that are lost and of course, I also have stages and parts of me that I lost and I want to recover them, but I don't know how...

the good thing is, we are not alone, there is always someone who feels the same and that makes us feel in company, feel the same and I hope you can find those little pieces of you that were left somewhere along the path of your life 🦉❤️

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We’ll find a way... if it’s something we truly want, it’ll show itself one way or another.
😉

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Amanda las pasiones se apaciguan con el tiempo, pero siguen ahí...tus fotos siempre son geniales. Quizás estás cansada de mirar, o tal vez no encuentras la chispa en la realidad actual. Es solo cuestión de conectar con tu yo de antaño, despertar esa pasión dormida, apretar el obsturador como un niño que juega a ser fotógrafo. Déjate llevar!!! Me encantó la foto de la barbería, éramos, somos y seremos siempre iguales... Un abrazo 🤗

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Está bien Amanda Flores. Tendré en cuenta estos consejos. ;)
Un abrazo y gracias.

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Hi @nanixxx, I'll be honest: I like the work you're doing now, and I like these photographs. I love the one from 2012, the one from the cultural event. You're a very good observer... even if you doubt it now.

A big hug.

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And you’re always so kind to me... thank you for this and for everything.

A hug!

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Buenos días... @nanixxx. Estamos sin electricidad y yo con poca batería. Te deseo un gran día.... Gracias 😎

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😳 Oh, estás aquí en Cuba... 🙌🏻🙆🏻 Buenos días. Yo tuve apagón de 12 a 4 am así que ahora tengo corriente. Echa pa acá para tomar café y que cargues el teléfono 😂.

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Si no llega pronto la luz no me da la batería para una sesión online que tengo esta tarde ☹️

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Llegará pronto, descuida. Ya hice el café. 😄👋

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No sé....voy a apagar el teléfono para ahorrar batería... ☹️ Te veo más tarde... Y me tomo el café 👋

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What you're talking about is called change. You're not the same person, that's all. When you change your perspective, what you focus your attention on changes too. These are wonderful photos, but they're not of the Nani I know. The Nani I know now focuses more on nature, I think...

But the first image from 2016... wow, without looking closely, I saw a ghost! It's fabulous!!!

I always say you're an excellent photographer! Don't forget that!

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You make me blush. Thank you... well, I have changed quite a lot. And I’ve also had many disappointments…

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That is precisely what you learn from, and that is what brings about change...

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¡Me encantaron! Ver nuestra mirada de hace tiempo a veces es hasta sorpresivo, ¡sigue rebuscando en esos archivos! 😃

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Es que el disco duro está roto. Y no encuentro quién pueda salvarlo. 😢

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Wow, tremendas fotografías, me encantaron todas, ¡Están para una expo en verdad! 👍

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Jaja... vaya, sí que te gustaron. 😄 ¡Andaaa se fue la luz! 😥

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