Visual diary

Visual Diary is a photographic series that captures the last two years of my life in Havana through black and white analog photographs. This collection of images not only documents significant moments of my existence, but also reflects the complexities and contradictions of everyday life in Cuba from a personal and intimate approach. Each photograph is a window into my reality, and reveals the intersection between the personal and the collective, the particular and the universal. In this sense, the work is posed as an open dialogue with the receiver who can find in the images some fragments of his own life, a space where intimacy becomes a common ground. Through these photographs, I address issues deeply rooted in the current Cuban reality, such as migration, social and economic crisis, and urban transformation with the construction of new hotels. These issues are presented in the work in a poetic and metaphorical way, as they avoid hackneyed political proclamations and direct criticism, and invite the viewer to a deeper reflection on the loneliness and nostalgia that permeate our existence. Each photograph is titled with the date it was taken, in order to provide a chronological structure that simulates the entries in a personal diary. Some images are accompanied by short sentences that act as whispers of my thoughts and emotions in those moments. Visual Diary is, therefore, a visual narrative that transcends the documentary to become an emotional and poetic testimony, where each image is a fragment of my history and the history of my country.