Cuba libre: photography exhibition tells the story of Cuba today

Siempre Fidel ... Claire Boobbyer recently travelled round Cuba capturing propagandist images and road signs across the cities and fields. Here, a billboard depicting Fidel Castro reads 'socialism or death'
Photograph: Claire Boobbyer

A classic 1950s car is parked beside a mural depicting Cuba's political history
Photograph: Claire Boobbyer

An iconic poster of Che Guevara
Photograph: Claire Boobbyer

Posters of Cuban revolutionary Celia Sánchez mark the roadside
Photograph: Claire Boobbyer

Camilo Cienfuegos's face adorns a wall painting in Havana
Photograph: Claire Boobbyer

Angel Gil's photographs explore the relationship between people and place. This series follows 27-year-old Michel Palacio Colina, a resident of Sancti Spiritus province, who trains messenger pigeons for racing
Photograph: J Angel Gil Lema

Colina's pigeons on a rooftop
Photograph: J Angel Gil Lema

Colina watches as his birds take off
Photograph: J Angel Gil Lema

A whistle is used to call to and instruct the birds
Photograph: J Angel Gil Lema

Racing into the sunset ... Colina's pigeons in flight
Photograph: J Angel Gil Lema

Helena Smlth’s black-and-white portraits and street scenes capture the Cuba of 2009, half a century on from the revolution. Here, a group of musicians near Baracoa play distinctive African-influenced music
Photograph: Helena Smith

A pro-revolution mural depicting Che Guevara
Photograph: Helena Smith

A girl poses with her dachshund
Photograph: Helena Smith

A detail of the decorative exterior of Havana's Bacardi Building
Photograph: Helena Smith

Locals at a bar in Santiago de Cuba
Photograph: Helena Smith