Color Photograph by Manuel Larrañaga Sardiñas: Pontiac 216, Framed

Green car glows like wet enamel, its grille bared in a broad chrome smile.

This framed color photograph is from Cuba, and is dated 2013. It is pigment on paper. American cars from the 1950s remain a familiar sight in Cuba, where trade restrictions after 1959 encouraged owners to keep and repair older vehicles for decades. Close color photograph of a green car with jewel-bright highlights of blue and gold across the hood and fender. A wide chrome grille with vertical bars dominates the front. The buildings behind are gray and softly out of focus. It is 13.5 inches wide and 12 high.

A grin made of chrome teeth and endless confidence.