I Passed the Audition Havana Cuba

My wife and I were watching a stage show in Havana when the performers called me up to join them. One minute I was sitting in the audience; the next, I was under the lights, surrounded by dancers in full costume.

The streets and people in my Havana photography collection usually find me behind the camera. On this occasion, I ended up in the picture.

The crowd laughed, the music kept going, and for a few minutes I was part of the show. I went along with it. That is still one of the things I enjoy most about travelling: a perfectly ordinary evening can become the memory you bring home.

I describe another unexpected encounter with my wife in Saying Yes in Beijing. Moments like these also explain my interest in candid photography: expressions and reactions often say more than a carefully arranged pose.

You can see more of the places that kept drawing my camera’s attention in my Cuba photography collection.