The rustic hut, located in the rural area of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, is dark, although, at times, the sun's rays can filter through. From November to March, it is filled with leaves and the smell of tobacco. During the harvest season, women weavers string approximately 50 cujes—the horizontal rods used to dry tobacco leaves—each day.

Benigno Acosta Santana Farm, 2024. 

 

Research: Women in the Field, Women in the Lab: Gender Equity in Agricultural Innovation in Cuba. 

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In the photo, a woman is shown from the back, weaving large tobacco leaves onto horizontal rods to begin the drying process of the leaves. She is inside a dark hut, with sunlight entering from the right side of the image.

*Note: my three photos were taken in the same place and on the same day. I used the same photo release form

In the photo, a woman is shown from the back, weaving large tobacco leaves onto horizontal rods to begin the drying process of the leaves. She is inside a dark hut, with sunlight entering from the right side of the image.