tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90027430644892094682024-03-19T03:41:23.974-04:00the Lazy Latinoone latino's slothful journey through lifeLazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-31695840308573480052013-09-17T02:19:00.001-04:002013-09-17T02:49:02.912-04:00scenes from lombillo
scenes from lombillo
municipio cerro, la habana, cuba
2012
sadly i no longer have easy access to a good negative scanner. some quick prints in the lab, a camera phone shot of 2 prints, and a quick email to the blog. old school + new school.
hopefully a small preview of more to come this year...
Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-64403593931154718852011-06-14T03:36:00.000-04:002011-07-14T03:40:36.841-04:00climbescalar cuba.cuba has a serious climbing scene. more so in viñales, pinar del rio province, but there is a strong contingent in the city of havana. while the space to climb in the capital are limited, like everything else we make do with what there is and enjoy what we have. viñales photos eventually. but this is another reason i'm not posting.Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-43605299640404457882011-03-30T03:24:00.000-04:002011-07-14T03:34:38.651-04:00peace & lovebackstage (mejor dicho: side-stage) at the festival peace & lovethe festival peace & love, a collaboration of sorts between cuba and sweden took place in late march of this year (2011). bands and musical acts from both nations alternated the presence on stage in genres ranging from hip hop to metal, house to funk, and of course rock. the two day festival took place in los jardines del Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-52332395969802728192011-01-14T03:16:00.001-05:002011-07-14T03:36:13.512-04:00times flies when you fly placesmy camera makes the national paper in cubai was sent to south africa to represent my school at a student conference, it was an interesting endeavor to say the least. they also put me on TV. oh i'm alive, so is the blog, and hopefully in the coming year i'll be on top of updates (internet stocks became low priority while education stocks soared).tv interviews!Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-15673894093965393052010-08-28T01:42:00.004-04:002010-08-28T01:54:18.232-04:00Upcoming Project for Summer 2011SKATE CUBAI've been thinking a lot about the Cuban skate scene and documenting it. Besides my feet my skateboard is my main mode of transportation within the city of Havana and the scene there is small enough that almost everyone knows one another or of each other. This year I'll be trying to document and photograph more often this being one of the things I'll be focusing on and maybe 2 other Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-4419365210257760152010-08-20T01:54:00.000-04:002010-08-28T02:40:40.822-04:00Havana Club @ the Melia CohibaCuban Jazz Band A lone man sitting in a late 1950's Chevy Bel Air convertible. He suavely removes a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and casually lights one. He takes a few drags,the cars lights begin to flash and car noises begin to be heard, people begin to notice his presence in the car. He smolders out what remains of his smoke, stands, lifts a trumpet to his lips and blows...This is how Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-2858505398710134072010-03-18T19:32:00.006-04:002010-08-28T01:42:37.982-04:00QUE VIVA PUERTO RICO LIBRE!Cuba y Puerto Rico son de un pájaro las dos alas reciben flores y balas en el mismo corazón. -Lola Rodríguez de TióPhoto taken at the Casa de Amistad de Puerto Rico, Havana Cuba, great people there, hope to head back soon. Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-47976908825396667852009-12-24T13:06:00.003-05:002009-12-24T13:10:10.269-05:00merry chrimihotel parisian, havana viejain other news, if you want to have a decent hustle down here got two words for you: christmas lights. 140 bootleg lights will cost you about $10 US. you can grab some better quality ones the week after christmas for pennies on the dollar, or about $0.60. so what you do is buy a bunch, then you hold em for a bit, then take em uptown and flip em, whatever whatever, and Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-87673345508903996652009-12-24T13:00:00.003-05:002009-12-24T13:05:01.042-05:00life is a moviecine la rampaThe 31st international havana film festival was on earlier this month, 20 cuban pesos (roughly under $1 US) got you 15 entrances. Over 100 movies and shorts were shown, a great event that goes on every December, highly recommend it if you're around during that time. I was only able to catch 5 this year, kind of sad, of those 1 was good, Mapa de sonidos de Tokyo (Sound map of Tokyo),Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-89440444584657403972009-12-24T12:56:00.002-05:002009-12-24T12:59:56.754-05:00too cool for youkool and the gang, of "celebrate" and "hollywood swinger" fame, came down to cuba to rock out in the Antimperialist Tribunal, which happens to be in front of the US Interest Section. It was good. Kool says whats up. Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-39210780038465643092009-12-24T12:50:00.002-05:002009-12-24T12:56:16.395-05:00no toilet paper, ha!we got toilet paper for days.Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-61485463067737297572009-12-06T13:16:00.001-05:002009-12-06T13:16:27.658-05:00busy busybeen busy with things out here. christmas break is coming up soon. photographs will be made, adventures will be had, things will be posted. stay tuned. Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-3139857063613573392009-10-25T14:23:00.003-04:002010-08-04T03:47:58.790-04:00i live in a free countrythe writing on the wall.Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-45128407531934264012009-10-21T21:07:00.001-04:002009-10-21T21:07:57.607-04:00insect bites, ninja fightsi was bit the other night by either a scorpion, a hornet, or bee.the result was my hand swelling up to that of an inflated rubber glove. i´m not exactly sure what bit me, but it was bad and i´m going to assume i´m allergic to things. i forgot to take a photo, but it was pretty funny, if i get bit again it will be documented.havana graffiti pics coming soon. Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-11509383193416244602009-10-03T15:24:00.002-04:002009-10-03T15:39:07.128-04:00The Fuster GalleryBeing one of a number of US Students (not a large number but 100+) studying medicine in Cuba, not study abroad through a US university but actually living here and studying for long term (6 years minimum), gives us the opportunity to meet people we would most likely not have met back home (last year I met the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa) as well as the opportunity to see a lot of new andLazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-592352805291996512009-09-25T15:33:00.004-04:002009-09-25T15:41:19.300-04:00paz sin fronterasColombian singer Juanes came to Cuba and put forth a big old concert with number of other international stars in the Plaza de la Revolución, well over a million people were in attendance, school even hooked up free buses out there. Good times.the stage from where i was sitting (standing for 4 hours? pass)shout out to my chilean friends. flags of all nations were flyingLazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-77272764998639827162009-09-25T15:27:00.003-04:002009-09-25T15:32:45.318-04:00a room with a viewevery day when i wake up and lift my head this is what i see: other side of the hallway is the ocean view kind of blocked by another dorm.currently living with uruguayans and brazilians. estou falando muito portugues.a ton of new delegations have arrived at the school as well, some 20+ new countries are now being represented from as close as the Caribbean, to as far as the South Pacific, Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-70311341719436137672009-09-11T19:13:00.003-04:002009-09-11T19:18:11.294-04:00cancungate B1 and i'm out. updates from the field coming soon.Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-36706226670646507352009-09-08T00:36:00.004-04:002009-09-08T00:42:48.931-04:00back to the grindBack to school/Cuba next week, catch me before I'm out.calle. santos suarez, la habana, cuba.It's hard to do color balance on photographs with ridiculous color hues, thus is Cuba.Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-46337118544532871782009-09-07T11:06:00.001-04:002009-09-08T00:42:35.301-04:00and the gorilla turned to the zoo keeper and signed, "please, kill me..."This weekend I journeyed 12 hours west to the Grand Rapids area (Michigan for those not in the geographical know) with my brother (formerly of Brooklyn, now of Jersey) and his family to go see my other brother and his family out there. Good times overall even got to kick it with my SSWE/ELAM buddy on some small world coincidence. On Saturday we all hit up the John Ball Zoo (not too shabby for a Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002743064489209468.post-57657158663776051552009-08-15T11:15:00.005-04:002009-09-08T00:42:11.372-04:00a fresh startA lot has been going on recently. Some trips here and there, photographs made (both digital and film), tons of new people met, lots of thoughts on the mind. I changed up LazyLatino.com, removed the old blog with all of its content (thus the fresh start) and linked to a temporary portfolio site while I get something more official together (both portfolio-wise and hosting it). Some older entries Lazy Latinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14576280572756856860noreply@blogger.com0