Photographer Richard Sharum travelled across Cuba to document the lives of isolated farmers, or Campesinos, and their wider communities at a time of national transition. In 2015 he began researching Campesino communities—the histories of which have formed the backbone of Cuba—and his resulting black and white photographs depict the intertwined relationship of people and the land they depend on. Over the course of several journeys between 2016 and 2019, Sharum travelled from the northern to the southern shorelines, across to the western provinces, and to the eastern villages deep in the Sierra Maestra region. As an American, he had always been intrigued by Cuba—a country still severely restricted to its citizens and under a broad embargo put in place by the US government over sixty years ago. As Sharum travelled more within Cuba, he expanded and shifted the project to encompass the lives of all Campesinos he encountered, including the role of women and children, for whom he developed a great appreciation and respect. The book includes essays by historian Aldo Daniel Naranjo and writer Domingo Cuza Pedrera, who grew up as a Campesino, allowing their words to speak for their own experience and country.