Caridad


  • Photographer
    Maria Elena Gioka
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    April 2010
  • Technical Info
    Nikon D700, 50mm.

Caridad in Spanish means charity. Caridad is 70 years old and lives in a small wooden house in a rural area of Cuba with her dog Titi and her memories. What kind of person invites you in without knowing you, opens the doors to their humble home and their heart as well, offers you coffee and shares with you in a couple of hours, stories, memories, family pictures and even lets you in to their bedroom and answers your question as to what she may need: "Oh, nothing, my child, what would I need?" Makes one wonder what charity really is...

Story

Caridad in Spanish means charity. Caridad is 70 years old and lives in a small wooden house in a rural area of Cuba with her dog Titi and her memories. What kind of person invites you in without knowing you, opens the doors to their humble home and their heart as well, offers you coffee, lets you take pictures and shares with you in a couple of hours, stories, memories, family pictures and even lets you in to their bedroom and answers your question,
"Is there anything I could bring you?" :
"Oh, nothing, my child, what would I need?"
Makes one wonder about "charity"- is it the leftovers you give away or the "little" that you have and share?

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