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Photo-Essay by Rupert Vernon-Smith
By: John Kim
We first met Rupert last year on the patio of the Taberna de la Muralla, the brew pub in Plaza Vieja in Old Havana. I was there with a professional photographer from Barcelona and a friend from England. At the next table, we saw a very large Englishman sporting some very large cameras and began a conversation with him.
He told us that he was visiting from England and that photography was a hobby of his. Knowing how photogenic Havana is, we were not surprised. What did surprise us was the remarkable quality of his work.
Born in Portsmouth England in 1962, he has lived in Hampshire, apart from one year in Cuba, all of his life. He took courses in jewellery design and photography at an art school in Southampton before ending up with a "one man and a spade" construction business. He has worked in the building and restoration trade, as an antique restorer and owner of an antique shop, a sculptor, and a designer and manufacturer of jewellery.
He first visited Cuba in 1997 on vacation with a friend
We first met Rupert last year on the patio of the Taberna de la Muralla, the brew pub in Plaza Vieja in Old Havana. I was there with a professional photographer from Barcelona and a friend from England. At the next table, we saw a very large Englishman sporting some very large cameras and began a conversation with him.
how photogenic Havana is, we were not surprised. What did surprise us was the remarkable quality of his work. 
man and a spade" construction business. He has worked in the building and restoration trade, as an antique restorer and owner of an antique shop, a sculptor, and a designer and manufacturer of jewellery.
