Cuba - Backstage Pass to Havana's Arts and Culture

Led by internationally known Cuban Documentary Photographer Raúl Cañibano Ercilla and Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Rodolfo Gonzalez, this eight-day, nine night, all-inclusive program will focus on the arts, culture, and people, who make up the heartbeat of this rapidly changing city.

Designed with support from Havana’s premier photographic museum, Fototeca de Cuba, this is much more than a typical travel photography tour. It’s an immersive photographic, cultural and creative experience, unlike anything we have previously offered.

In an effort to advance your storytelling skills and sharpen your ability to create visual narratives, participants will be challenged to go beyond Cuba’s well-documented visuals: classic cars, cigar-smoking locals, horses in tobacco fields, and Habana Vieja — The Old City — with its eclectic mix of architecture, museums, galleries, plazas and gritty street life. Our journey will take you behind-the-scenes of Cuba’s performing arts and cultural world, such as ballet, salsa, jazz, circus, Afro-Cuban, and fusion dance forms.

Additional engagement and context of Cuba’s performing arts and culture will be detailed by local photographers and art curators through evening lectures and daily photo reviews.

The trip will culminate with a celebration of your assignment along with Havana’s arts and creative community, supported by Fototeca de Cuba and its Director, Nelson Ramirez de Arellano Conde