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The photos 📸 are my entry to the #monomad contest from @monochromes and @brumest.
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I tell you that walking around Havana is like entering a parallel Marvel universe, where time is leaving its trace without haste, and the facades - the targets of my publication - speak all the time of resistance and abandonment. In this series I want to show you ten faces of the city that seem to sustain themselves, almost by pure miracle. They are scenes that are already part of the everyday landscape that I observe day by day and that have become so much my own that sometimes I pass by without seeing them. But there they are, firm and fragile at the same time.

>*Les cuento que caminar por La Habana es como entrar en un universo paralelo de Marvel, donde el tiempo va dejando su rastro sin apuros, y las fachadas —objetivos de mi publicación —  hablan todo el tiempo de resistencia y abandono. En esta serie quiero mostrarles diez rostros de la ciudad que parecen sostenerse, casi de puro milagro. Son escenas que ya forman parte del paisaje cotidiano que observo día a día y que se han vuelto tan mías que a veces paso sin verlas. Pero ahí están, firmes y frágiles a la vez.*


![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPY28gz9XuXcJmh96BiL3pADLtQTppwKDjUY1zN2Lyubk/1746103241045.jpg)

A naked facade, with more wood than wall. It looks like an urban prosthesis. It is the kind of view that no longer surprises, but hurts.

>*Una fachada desnuda, con más madera que muro. Tal parece una prótesis urbana. Es el tipo de vista que ya no sorprende, pero sí duele.*



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The corner of the contained sigh. Everyone sees it and passes by.

>*La esquina del suspiro contenido. Todos la ven y pasan de largo.*


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It is like a mixture of momentary solutions that is already part of an involuntary architectural style.

>*Es cómo una mezcla se soluciones momentaneas que forma parte ya de un estilo arquitectónico involuntario.*


![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZiooWKmf5gahFS1DmHFhut6GhwuaE16FUPCGztesvmgz/1746104004080.jpg)

It is like a mixture of momentary solutions that is already part of an involuntary architectural style.

>*La ropa en los balcones que desafian la ley de la gravedad, no es una cuestión de estética, sino de supervivencia.*


![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmfQ2jzmDhZcsjDGLUNakBvufSQ9fum6aJEKJXWT4NJJax/1746104295611.jpg)

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A main entrance turned into a trench, almost ghostly, no people, only footprints.

>*Una entrada principal convertida en trinchera, casi fantasma, no hay gente, solo huellas.*


![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmeAT6ULi3PzHDthMzzzmpWm7ENUGkgvKzsJgaRiPYEm9a/1746104655494.jpg)

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I believe that Havana's propped-up facades are much more than ruins. They are a reflection of a city that insists and struggles to stay alive despite the passage of time and neglect. Documenting them through photography is also, for me, a way of taking care of them.

That's all for today, my friend. I hope you enjoyed the trip through that part of Havana that is not so beautiful, but very necessary. Thank you very much for your visit and, as I always say, I will be very happy to read your comments. See you soon in another photographic outing.


>*Opino que las fachadas apuntaladas de La Habana son mucho más que ruinas. Son reflejo de una ciudad que insiste y lucha por mantenerse viva a pesar del paso del tiempo y el abandono. Documentarlas a través de la fotografía es también, para mí, una forma de cuidarlas.
Es todo por hoy, amigos. Espero que hayan disfrutado del viaje por esa parte de La Habana que no es tan bonita, pero sí muy necesaria. Les agradezco mucho la visita y, como siempre digo, estaré muy feliz de leer sus comentarios. Nos vemos pronto en otra salida fotográfica.*
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Technical data: 
📸 Nikon D200, NIKKOR lens 18-70 mm 1:3.5- 4.5 G ED.
📝 Translation: DeepL (free version)
🙋‍♂️ Authorship: All photos were taken by me  @muhammadhalim.
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