Old Pontiac classic car in parked in Havana Cuba | Limited Edition of 10
Vintage Car Parked Beside Weathered Cuban Building
There’s something about Havana that time hasn’t dared to touch—at least not completely. This scene, with its faded elegance and that perfectly battered blue Pontiac, stopped me in my tracks. The building, like the car, is hanging on with stubborn pride. The façade is crumbling, the paint is worn thin, the grille over the doorway barely hangs straight—but the soul? Still very much alive.
I photographed this classic car not as a symbol of nostalgia, but as a stubborn survivor. You can feel the layers of history just by standing near it—the echo of 1950s Detroit mingled with Cuban music drifting from a distant window. This wasn’t a staged scene. I was walking the back streets, camera slung and boots covered in dust, and there it was. The way the blue paint glowed in the soft light, the contrast with the greys and browns of the decaying building—pure harmony in tension.
What pulls me back to images like this is the friction between elegance and erosion. You’ve got chrome meeting rust, Art Deco flourishes rubbing shoulders with concrete stains. It’s gritty, it’s real, and it’s exactly what I’m always chasing: stories that don’t need to be told with words.
This print fits beautifully into interiors that lean toward urban textures, vintage aesthetics, or layered minimalism. It’s not loud, but it doesn’t whisper either—it just sits on the wall with presence.
For more visual time capsules like this one, dive into the Classic Car Photography Collection, or explore the richly worn textures in my Bygone Era Photography Collection.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2017
Edition Information
This photograph is released as a signed and numbered edition of 10 prints across all available sizes. Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Once all 10 prints have been sold, this work will be permanently retired, and no further numbered editions will be produced in any size or format. A small number of Artist Proofs may be retained by the artist for archival or exhibition purposes.
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