Every photographer who lands in Havana knows the standard shooting checklist. A 1957 Chevy Bel Air against peeling pastel paint. A cigar-smoking abuela on a wrought-iron balcony. The Malecón promenade at golden hour. And the thing is, you're probably going to get a nice picture. It'll be, though, a picture that's been taken roughly nine million times already.
David Saxe went looking for something else: the unposed, unpolished moments most visitors walk straight past. His resulting series Cuba es Vida, built from three separate journeys to the island, has just been named All About Photo's solo exhibition for August 2026 .
