Last spring I went to Cuba. It was through Boston University; they offered a class, taught by Pulitzer Prize winner and current Boston Globe photographer Essdras Suarez. It was the trip of a lifetime, and I relished every minute on Cuban soil. I wandered around Havana looking for interesting people, stories, angles -- looking to see Cuba in its entirety. I talked to people as best as I could (I don't speak Spanish), but singing along to a song a group of teenagers are playing on their counterfiet iPhones is a good as it could get. While we were only there for nine days, it was a chance for me to continue to push myself photographically. I am extremely proud of what I did there, and I look forward to the next time I can go back to Cuba.
A car sits on the rainy pavement on March 25 in Cuba.
A young boy squirms during a haircut in Matanzas.
A teenager skates past propaganda graffiti in Matanzas.
A young boy runs from the bathroom to his seat at the Estadio Latinamerico in Havana.
Children play before their wrestling lesson inside the Parque Jose Marti Stadium in Havana, Cuba on March 26, 2013. Their parents sit and watch the entire lesson while the kids learn how to wrestle, jump, stretch, and most importantly have fun.
A woman walks her dog down the street of Matanzas, Cuba on March 27, 2013.
Coaches on the Matanzas Crocdilos watch warm up drills.
The cement playground of Parque Jose Marti in Havana, Cuba on March 26, 2013.
A man and his dog sit watching the waves break in Havana on March 26, 2013.
Apartment buildings in Havana, Cuba on March 25, 2013.
An inebriated man discusses the positives of the Castro regime during an early morning in Havana.
A man pulls his cart in the city of Cardenas, Cuba on March 30, 2013.
Alejandro, a Cuba boxer with dreams of becoming a professional boxer in the United States, practices alone in Havana on March 27, 2013.
Dancers at the Danza Contemporanea de Cuba practice during the first of many hour-long sessions per day at the Teatro Nacional de Cuba in Havana on March 28, 2013.
A man walks past the Stadio Latinamerico, Havana's largest baseball stadium, prior to a crucial baseball game on March 28, 2013.
A man walks past discarded stones in a busy part of Havana.
Havana on March 26, 2013. Oil from the city's main refinery burns 24 hours a day.
A Havana apartment complex during sunrise.
Pedestrians walk down a popular Matanzas road.
Young boys hang around a Havana street corner. Located in a bad part of town, they asked for lollipops in return for an interview.
