Paradise and third world, joy and poverty, dictatorship and political isolation....

These numerous contradictions, its breathtaking landscapes and its unique climate have made Cuba so appealing, not only to photographers. 

In her search to do justice to Cuba SJ has approached this foreign and surprising culture without falling into the trap of the usual clichés of lived anachronism and romantic ruins.

Thus the bed-and-breakfast and the run-down block of flats stand alike.

Her furtive glimpses of a foreign land conjuring up a feeling of disorientation – just like after a long distance flight. 

32 baryt prints, 20 C-prints, 13,5 x 19 cm