Arien Chang Castán
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© 2006 Arien Chang Castán

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CultureCuban
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Date2006
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (24.8 × 36.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 9/16 × 20 5/16 × 1 1/4 in. (42.1 × 51.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, Gift of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker
Object number2024.247
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

With public transportation options scarce, traveling between provinces in the bed of an agricultural truck is still relatively common in Cuba. For the long trip back to Havana after visiting family in Guantanamo, at the eastern end of the island, Arien Chang Castán hopped in the back of one such truck in the still-dark morning hours. “I didn’t see the people in the truck and then at sunrise I discovered them and I just took the photo,” he said.

 

Debido a la escasez de transporte público, viajar entre provincias en la cama de un camión agrícola sigue siendo bastante común en Cuba. Tras visitar a sus familiares en Guantánamo —en el extremo oriental de la isla—, Arien Chang Castán emprendió el largo camino de regreso a La Habana subiendo a la parte trasera de uno de estos vehículos, a altas horas de   la madrugada. “No vi a las personas en el camión, luego —al amanecer— las descubrí y tomé la  foto”, comenta.


ProvenanceMadeleine and Harvey Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois; given to MFAH, 2024.

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