The Foreign Service Journal, May 2013

78 MAY 2013 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY TIM BERTOCCI n HAVANA, CUBA Enter your photography to be featured in Local Lens! Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8 x 10”). Please submit a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T he Malecón (“Sea Wall”) in Havana tells a great deal about life in modern-day Cuba. Like much of the architecture that is its backdrop, the wall is something of an anachronism. Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the first half of the 20th century, the four-mile-long esplanade is a popular social magnet, reflecting the many facets of the country’s society and serv- ing as a gathering place where both Cubans and tourists interact. As it has done for many decades, the Malecón continues to serve as a window into Cuba’s soul. n Tim Bertocci is an FSO posted to Havana as a vice consul. It is his first over- seas tour. He took this picture in the fall of 2012 with a Canon Rebel, with a Canon 70-200mm L Lens.