Between Silhouettes and the Horizon… for the #monomad challenge

There are places you don’t just visit; you feel them. For me, El Morro in Havana is one of those rare places. Let me be clear: it’s one of my favorite places in the world. I don’t just come here to take photos; I come here to think, to breathe, to reconnect with myself. Maybe you, too, have a place like that where the sea opens up like a promise and the wind carries memories that aren’t just your own.

It was here that I decided to create this series. I carried with me a Canon 60D, a single 70-300 mm lens, and a strong desire to tell a story using light, shadow, and sea. I wanted to capture human silhouettes like yours, mine, any of us cut against the backlight of the ocean. Figures with no visible faces, yet full of meaning. Maybe you’ll recognize yourself in one of them: someone walking toward the water, pausing to think, standing still while staring at the horizon in search of something we don’t always know how to name.

I worked with ISO 100 because I wanted the purity of light that crisp contrast between the darkness of the figures and the softness of the sky and sea. As I shot, I realized I wasn’t just building a photo series; I was building a mirror. A mirror where you, as you look at these images, might find your own moment of pause, reflection, or simple wonder.

This isn’t just photography. It’s an invitation to stop for a moment and think about your own journeys both external and internal. How many times have you stood at the edge between the known and the unknown? How many times have you been silent, just you and the sea?

I hope this series not only shows you a corner of Havana but also offers you a space of your own. Because in the end, even though the silhouettes have no faces, the emotions they awaken are universal. And because this place, a place I love so deeply, carries a little piece of all of us.