Little Havana, backstage

This winter I started walking working class neighborhoods of Little Havana. I liked it better then the Calle Ocho. Yes, it is less iconic, never too crowded and there is nothing here to catch tourist's eye, but I'm not a tourist, more of a local already. Here are the few frames from the last week's wanderings:

Lucas, I'm watching you

Again, Olympus XA/Tri-X

Calle Ocho Photo Walk

I will be leading the photowalk at Calle Ocho in Little Havana this Saturday Dec 8th 2012. The photowalk is one of the key events of the fast approaching Miami Street Photography Festival. This is a post for those of you who decided to participate in the event:

M in Little Havana

this had been taken at Calle Ocho last Wednesday; I saw the visual rhyme (actually more than one; 4 elements echo each other); pointed and clicked my Olympus P&S...

Calle Ocho at Night

It was Friday/Friday it was...two weeks ago. Leica M2/35mm/Tri-X at ISO3200.

The Hand in Domino Park

Domino Park in Little Havana, last week

At the guitar concert in Little Havana

Leica M/Tri-X at E.I.3200 in 2xDiafine

Little Havana Forever

Taken on Calle Ocho with Bessa L/25mm Scopar lens on Tri-X film

Another night at Little Havana

Last Friday of every month there is an event at Calle Ocho in Little Havana named Viernes Culturales ("Cultural Fridays"). The site is down at the moment but the event is going on; it is relatively easy to find street parking and a lot of small venues to enjoy, a lot of subjects to photograph. Here is few more frames from the roll I shoot last Friday:

Master of the Shade

Little Havana area, where dogs are free and shadows are scarce :) Taken with Olympus Stylus Epic camera.

One day in February...

The last batch of street B/W shots right out of my darkroom. These are Olympus Stylus Epic P&S camera and some from Bessa L/25mm. All shot in February/late January on Tri-X and developed in Diafine, my favorite soup. Enjoy:)

Legs and Tree

...taken in Little Havana with Olympus Stylus Epic 35mm camera

Wire and Flag

Voigtlander Bessa L camera; 25mm Snapshot Scopar lens; Tri-X shot at E.I.1600 and developed in Diafine

One more rooster

Calle Ocho again...taken with Olympus Stylus Epic on Kodak Ektar film and developed in Unicolor C41 kit

WEREHOUSE FOR RENT

Taken with old Leica IIIF with 50mm Summitar F/2 lens; Neopan SS film in Diafine @ E.I.200.

Hymns

Still walking Little Havana with Kiev-4am, this taken inside the little open store on Calle Ocho.

Little Havana

I started walking the Little Havana neighborhoods. It is not that deserted and it is definitely very different from the Downtown I'm already getting tired of. This one had been taken this week on SW 1st Street.

Night at Calle Ocho

I keep returning to Calle Ocho. True, it is limited to the couple of streets and not very crowded. It is boring at times. But, its also one of the few places in Miami where there is a real street life. So here it is again, Little Havana, taken on Tri-X with my Bessa R3M rangefinder/35mm lens and developed in 2xDiafine to E.I.=3200.

INDEPENDENT

again, -- Friday night, Calle Ocho, rain, Voigtlander Bessa R3M and roll of Tri-X...

Calle Ocho nights

It's been too hot during the day. I am shooting at the sunset and at night. This is Little Havana, taken on Tri-X with my Bessa R3M rangefinder/35mm lens and developed in Diafine.