Submission Photography

The Three Wise Cubans

In Eastern tradition, the three wise monkeys represent the precept of see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. In the work 'The Three Wise Cubans', this canon of wisdom is painfully subverted to portray the self-censorship imposed by the social and political context of Cuban reality. The series transforms the moral mandate into a physical gag. The images expose how survival often demands the voluntary amputation of the senses, turning silence and protective blindness into the only ways of inhabiting fear.


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The Three Wise Cubans

In Eastern tradition, the three wise monkeys represent the precept of see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. In the work ‘The Three Wise Cubans’, this canon of wisdom is painfully subverted to portray the self-censorship imposed by the social and political context of Cuban reality. The series transforms the moral mandate into a physical gag. The images expose how survival often demands the voluntary amputation of the senses, turning silence and protective blindness into the only ways of inhabiting fear.