Rafa JiménezDirector of Photography — Photographer

CUBA

Hasta la Victoria Siempre

Rafael Trejo, the open-air boxing gym in Old Havana: a ring in a courtyard between apartment blocks, where children train under a drawing of Che and the words that gave this series its name. The pictures stay with the boys rather than the boxing — the waiting, the wrapping, the minute before the round.

Series
CUBA
Project
Hasta la Victoria Siempre
Role
Photographer
Camera
Hasselblad X1D · XCD 45 and XCD 90
Location
Havana, Cuba
Frames
12
Year
2019
The boxing gym and its ring
The sign of the Cuban boxing school
A boy shadowboxing against a painted wall
Two boys sparring under a drawing of Che Guevara
A young boxer wrapping his hands
A young boxer with yellow hand wraps
A young boxer in a red vest against a turquoise wall
Two boys head to head between rounds
Boys resting under a bench
A coach adjusting a headguard
A young boxer in a Cuban flag vest
A young boxer flexing with his mouthguard out