The Weight of Havana / #monomad challenge / [ING/ESP]

The photos 📸 are my entry to the #monomad contest from @monochromes and @brumest.
Greetings hivers.
Havana is tired, but it endures.
There are days when the city seems to drag itself forward with the little strength it has left. The buildings crack, the streets grow darker, public transport disappears for hours and daily life becomes an exercise in patience. Yet people continue walking, talking on corners, improvising solutions and finding small reasons to smile. In the middle of shortages and uncertainty, life in Havana never completely stops.
What moves me most is not the decay itself, but the way people inhabit it with dignity. Elderly neighbors sitting outside to catch fresh air during blackouts, children turning any empty space into a playground, workers waking before sunrise to face another difficult day. Havana survives through its people, through that stubborn resilience that refuses to surrender even when exhaustion can be seen everywhere.





Saludos hivers.
La Habana está cansada, pero resiste.
Hay dÃas en que la ciudad parece arrastrarse con las pocas fuerzas que le quedan. Los edificios se agrietan, las calles se oscurecen, el transporte desaparece por horas y la vida cotidiana se convierte en un ejercicio de paciencia. Aun asà la gente sigue caminando, conversando en las esquinas, improvisando soluciones y encontrando pequeños motivos para sonreÃr. En medio de la escasez y la incertidumbre, la vida en La Habana nunca termina de detenerse.
Lo que más me conmueve no es el deterioro en sÃ, sino la manera en que las personas lo habitan con dignidad. Vecinos mayores sentados afuera buscando fresco durante los apagones, niños convirtiendo cualquier espacio vacÃo en un lugar para jugar, trabajadores levantándose antes del amanecer para enfrentar otro dÃa difÃcil. La Habana sobrevive a través de su gente, de esa resiliencia obstinada que se niega a rendirse incluso cuando el cansancio se puede ver en todas partes.
"All photos were taken by me @rg2_foto @rg2-foto"
Technical data: Nikon camera: Nikon D700 Nikon lens: 50mm f1.4 p-ais; 105mm f2.5 p-ais; 55 f1.2; 35mm f1.8 G Translated by Deepl free version.7
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