Holga Camera shots from Cuba

Description of image: The shot of Chez Guevara’s face is a contour representation that has been placed on the outside of a Cuban building (I think it's a hotel, although I'm not positive). The wide establishing shot gives the viewer a sense of space showing Guevara nestled within tuffs of the natural landscape. The metal frame which outlines the freedom fighter's face casts a large shadow on the left side of the buildings wall which pulls our eye to the flying flag from the top floors of the building. There's a high contrast ratio between the highlights of the white washed building, and the deep shadows with little detail in the thick palm trees and Cuban foliage, this creates a more dramatic effect to allow Guevara’s image to pop-out at the viewer.

Intentions of Photographer: To capture the play of shadows created by the wire-framed face, and experiment with the Holga camera to see the effect of the landscape pictured which is a high contrast scene.

What works and what doesn't work: The repeated patterns created by the buildings windows illustrate the logical compartmentalization of Western culture which is the opposite from the organic, and solar inspired sculpture of Guevara. The view-point would be more interesting if the photographer went closer and looked up at the sculpture or went from the roof and looked down.

Overall Evaluation: The vingetting created by the plastic lens is very appropriate to this image and helps to direct the viewers gaze towards the important focal point. This documentary style could be improved by furthur exploration of the environment to have foreground of foliage and background of Guevara- to mix two elements of organic nature.

{Side note: There's a small light leak at the bottom of the camera, it's possible that this Holga is an older version with a built-in flash, and the photographer has yet to plug the hole around the flash.}