Set aside political ideologies and international affairs. Cuba, at its heart, is defined by her people, a mélange of black, brown and white seemingly filled with a joie de vivre captured in quick smiles, infectious rumba and a welcoming spirit.
Here are several photos that show some of the faces of Cuba encountered during a nine-day August trip organized by Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. To see more photos, click here.
Rafael Barrios is production manager for the state-run El Moncada farming cooperative in western Cuba where more than 600 people work to harvest coffee and tobacco.
This young woman is a drummer and singer in a band that plays Afro-Cuban music at an art studio in El Callejon de Hamel in Havana.
This man in Havana was standing in line at a cooperative that sold eggs.
A boy sweeps water off a porch outside a decaying house facing the Malecon seawall that stretches for miles along the Havana coast.
People of all ages, such as these youths at dusk, gather along the Malecon all day to sit and take in the view.
People also hang out on balconies of old buildings that face the Malecon.
A bus driver with more than 30 years of experience.
A woman captured by the camera while walking during the heat of a Havana day.
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