Exhibitions

Rich in What Matters presents a series of photographs taken in local barbershops across Cuba — spaces often read through lack: worn interiors, modest conditions, limited resources.
But the images refuse that reading.

People appear at ease. Their expressions are unguarded, their smiles natural and unforced.

A haircut becomes more than a service; it is time shared, conversations unfolding, and trust built quietly between people.

In contrast to a world increasingly measured by speed, progress, and accumulation, these moments point to something else — a way of living that does not depend on how much one has.

The exhibition does not ask what is missing, but what is already present, shifting how “rich” and “poor” are understood — not through numbers, but through how life is seen and lived.

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— COTH x Christina Cheuk