Cuban Propaganda

Perhaps the most stark difference between the U.S. and Cuba was the lack of any sort of commercialism, the most notable of all being advertisements. Spaces traditionally reserved for ads from L’oreal, Budwiser or Comcast were instead replaced by propaganda courtesy of the  Cuban government. It wasn’t until the last day that I realized that I hadn’t been taking photos of any of it, so the drive to the airport became a frantic rush to capture what we could. You get used to seeing revolutionary jingoism and iconography so frequently that at a certain point you just grow blind to it, much like advertisements here in the state. Although it was questionable how much the revolution and its heroes needed to be celebrated, at this point it was nice to see the public landscape clear of noisy, sexist, and unrealistic mass market imagery.