because the sun may rise tomorrow

2023-2025

Over a period of three years, I followed the youth of Havana, Cuba, with my camera. The images capture young Cubans on the verge of breaking free—or already breaking free—from restrictive ways of living and subtle forms of oppression. What happens when there’s no revolution, but there is information—arriving in its simplest, most accessible form: images of mass culture, sports, consumption, and the material world, all shining as a desirable ideal? Many of them have already left. But what happens to those who choose to stay?

The photos are paired with intimate interviews with the individuals portrayed. Because the sun may rise tomorrow continues the story begun in Seven hundred meters (2023), a photographic series offering snapshots of contemporary Cuban youth.

main publications:

https://telex.hu/foto/2025/12/21/szasz-lilla-fotografia-kuba-gordeszka-because-the-sun-may-rise-tomorrow
https://qubit.hu/2025/03/01/kubai-fiatalok-akiknek-a-deszkazas-es-a-szorf-jelenti-a-lazadast
https://hvg.hu/360/20250302_szasz-lilla-kuba-eltunnek-a-forradalom-vivmanyai