A man crushes tin soft drink cans for recycling and income in the doorway of a residential building in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, near the University of Havana. Cubans spend much time at their doorways and many activities take place on the doorstep and street, creating a sense of community with their neighbors. Home interiors clearly demonstrate the poverty, dimness and deficiencies so common in Cuban lives.

Numerous vintage cars and motorcycles are seen on Cuban streets, usually very well kept as Cubans take great pride in their maintenance, thus proving resourcefulness and talent in spite of the U.S. embargo.

Three men walk down a street in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, near the University of Havana, transporting goods on a tricycle.