Just days before Fidel Castro’s death, a group of Cuban students got together with a National Geographic photographer who was helping them learn how to tell “their own stories through photography.”
The 21 Cuban students and young professionals were given an assignment as part of a week-long National Geographic Photo Camp to show what it means to be Cuban at such a critical time in the island’s history.
Cuba needs the changes that are happening now. I don’t want to live in another country to make my dreams come true.
Jennifer Albín, Cuban photography student
“We found a passionate group of students, a new generation on the brink of change and uncertainty who were anxious to create a body of work that would convey their challenges, hopes, and dreams,” Kirsten Elstner, the director of National Geographic Photo Camp, wrote in an essay accompanying the series.