Havana is, no doubt, an enigmatic place. Despite the ramshackled grandeur of its outer city, the local tableau is a harlequin of intense and vivid colours. You never know what lies beneath some of its bedraggled walls until waltzing neighbours and washing lines whisper some sense of life into the sprawling alleyways.
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Great shots .. could be laundry day in Naples - except that the architecture is so different!
I am fascinated by laundry hanging everywhere. Glad you posted about it. Love your shots.
Hi Jen, I love your description before the photographs which are of course fascinating glimpses. But your words are incredibly poetic too. Does this mean you are currently in Havana?
There's something beautiful--simple yet somehow simultaneously extraordinary--about laundry scenes littering third-world cities. Maybe it's the pattern, the colors, the fact that that is one daily task we share around the world (though I guess it can be argued the wealthy set have people who do it for then!). Whatever it is, this was one of my favorite facets of Havana, as well.
awesome pix Jen- could be laundry day here too.
Great shots! You make something so simple and ordinary like laundry look so interesting.
I am still waiting for your post on "My Photography Tips". :)
Stunning pictures! I will never forget my beautiful country...no matter in what condition it is.
Mia
I'm looking forward to the day when Americans can freely travel to Cuba and visit a neighbor that's so close yet so far. Captivating photos of the laundry!
utterly stunning. i love clotheslines, and these ones are particularly beautiful! can't wait to visit myself!
I love the contrast of the grand old buildings with the colorful clothes. Great pix.
i wish i could hang my clothes out in the sun to dry!
mmm, wonder why that person has so many white sheets!?
I have just added you to my Round the World Blogs that I follow!
I love walking through narrow streets where people have hung their laundry on clotheslines between the walls.
It's so colorful and I really get that 'home' feeling.
As usual beautiful shots! I have read a couple of posts about Cuba recently. I think it is a sign, we have to go!
Love. How'd they get their towels so white?
How pretty! I love the last photo the most!
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I often associate hanging laundry with 3rd world countries, even if I (occasionally) see it locally.
I like the first photograph best. I feel it tells a story... something about freedom.
isn't if oddly beautiful
seeing that which is once most private
dancing freely, whimsically
before the process ends
and they are once again laiden with the responsibility of the clandestine
these are great shots. i took a photo of some hanging laundry on the galapagos islands - but i doubt it's as pretty as any of these. gorgeous!
I love how fresh laundry smells after it's been hanging outside! Brilliant photos by the way.
not sure how to say this without sounding silly, but i love seeing laundry hanging outside of windows, moving about with the breeze above the narrow winding streets of old towns in europe - italy and portugal come to mind... it's like being transported to another time period or world. and really, these people are just cleaning and drying their clothes! i see something so esthetically appealing and always find myself photographing it as you have done here. gorgeous photos jen, love it!
i love this post...a work of art, each and every photo. I would frame that last, all white one for my all-white studio.
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