21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Farmacia
the photo shows the inside of a Cuban pharmacy. The poverty of raw materials and the embargo create major problems in supplying medicines to Cubans. Pharmacies are often an expanse of empty shelves or, as in this case, containing jars of natural herbs. The customer in black had just requested an active ingredient and the pharmacist went to the back to physically do it as if she were a chemist
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 12.2022 |
Date Uploaded: | 09.2023 |
Photo Location: | Santa Clara, Cuba |
Camera: | Canon EOS 5D Mark IV |
Copyright: | © Lorenzo Perotti |