ENTRY DESCRIPTION
I took this photo during a 2024 photography trip to western Cuba, while visiting Finca Agroecológica El Paraíso—an all-organic farm set in the hills outside Viñales. The man pictured is a local farmer standing in the doorway of his barn, taking a quiet moment with a cigar. I was drawn to him because I grew up on a small family farm in Ohio, and something about his posture, his steady expression, and the worn wood around him felt both familiar and oddly sentimental.

AUTHOR
I'm a photographer and writer from Columbus, Ohio, working full-time as a photographer for The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. I'm also a freelance travel writer and photographer. I enjoy exploring small towns across the United States with my husband, Mike Pramik, and our two children, Rosie and Max.

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