Guantanamo Bay

Marines take a smoke break at Camp America, Guantanamo Bay.

These photos capture Guantanamo’s double life as a tropical prison and an all-American oasis in Cuba

Arts

Images of Cuba are usually beautiful: bright pastel colors, warm tropical weather and the bright blue hue of the ocean. But prisoners at Guantanamo can’t see any of that, even though it’s right outside. Photographer Debi Cornwall went to the prison to capture those contradictions on film.