© Lisette Poole

Standing on top of this rock wall overlooking the MalecÛn at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, a spot reserved for tourists, typically invites security and a prompt ejection. These are everyday small acts of defiance. From Havana Youth by Greg Kahn.

Lisandra de la Caridad Rodríguez Ramayo, La Habana, Arroyo Naranjo, Mantilla, 2016, framed chromogenic print mounted to Alu-Dibond paper: 79 1/8 x 70 1/2 inches (201 x 179 cm), framed: 80 11/16 x 72 1/16 x 2 3/16 inches (205 x 183 x 5.5 cm), edition of 5 with 2 APs © Frank Thiel / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

“Santa Cruz del Norte,” Cuba, 1999. © Andrew Moore. Courtesy the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York

"Monday Morning, Mérida, Yucatán," 1982. Gift of Sarah Harbutt and Ken Kerbs © Charles Harbutt/Courtesy of The Center for Creative Photography