Playing with Politics

Cuba, if you have not visited the island nation, remains full of political slogans. In fact, that’s the only advertising you’ll see nationwide. But politics aside, it’s nice to visit a country that does not besiege you with mindless advertising. The West leaves much to be desired in that context…

PlayingWithPolitics

Like all good tour guides I try and remind everyone to make sure they have their passports, money, electrical plugs, and stuff when we move hotels. It just so happened that one day everyone did remember their gear, apart from me. Luckily we were just 30 mins away from the hotel at the time I discovered the missing documents so I got away with only a thin film of egg on my face. The result was that I made a joke political poster, entitled “Always remember to bring your passport with you…” for our photo critique night a couple of days later using an old head shot of yours truly and a political poster of Fidel Castro.

Watch the video for a quick overview on how this was done…

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