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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Cuba Never Looked So Beautiful!



These two pensive specimens are from the work of Kevin Slack Photography.  Mr. Slack has a particular fascination with the little island of Cuba.  His work centers on delipidated towns made somehow enchanting and even stunning with these young, muscular Cuban boys protruding out against them.   Against the back drop of decrepit old buildings that were obviously once grande dames, the beauty of these young men lures one into delicious fantasies. 

The two young men above, Andro and his twin brother, Marlon (no idea which is which), are the subject of a good portion of Mr. Slack's photography along with other sets of twins.  This particular photograph I spirited away from another site.  But I love the way the twins look into the camera like they are looking straight at you with those delectable and challenging light brown eyes!  And the peeling paint in the background simply augments the beauty of the whole photograph infusing the decay of Cuba with the spirit of its beautiful youth. 

I could stare at this picture for hours!  There is so much her: the bond between the brothers insinuated by their pose; the individual personalities of each that peek out from behind those enchanting light brown eyes; the presence of old Cuba hidden underneath peeling walls, themselves bodies of art in their own right.  They need to lift the travel restrictions to Cuba!  With inventory like this, I'd swim down the coast right past Florida and make myself right at home in the sunkissed arms of...Cuba, of course!

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