The photos 馃摳 are my entry to the #monomad contest from 
Greetings hivers. 馃彮
From the ruins of a destroyed sugar mill, these rusty pieces of iron are all that remain. More or less that is how the former workers of the place described it to us, sadly watching how pieces of what was once their home became improvised solutions for vehicles. Due to the shortage of spare parts, machinists would shape those chunks of iron that once crushed sugar cane into axles, screws, nuts, or whatever was needed to repair anything that entered the workshop.
Walking among those abandoned structures felt like wandering through the remains of another era. Every silent machine seemed to hold stories of endless working days, of the constant noise of the mills, and of the effort of hundreds of people who depended on that place to live.
Now only rust, silence, and nostalgia remain. But even among the ruins, you can still feel the human trace of those who dedicated a large part of their lives there. Maybe that is why it is impossible to see these iron pieces as simple scrap. They are fragments of memory, survival, and history.
I hope you enjoy the photographs. I鈥檒l be reading your comments.
Saludos hivers. 馃彮
De las ruinas de un destruido ingenio azucarero estos hierros oxidados es todo lo que queda. M谩s o menos as铆 nos dec铆an los antiguos trabajadores del lugar, que con tristeza ve铆an c贸mo los pedazos de su hogar se convert铆an en soluciones improvisadas para veh铆culos que, por la escasez de piezas, los torneros moldeaban. Esos pedazos de hierro que una vez molieron ca帽a de az煤car hoy terminan convertidos en ejes, tornillos, tuercas o cualquier cosa necesaria para reparar lo que sea que entre por el taller.
Caminar entre aquellas estructuras abandonadas era como recorrer los restos de otra 茅poca. Cada m谩quina detenida parec铆a guardar historias de jornadas interminables, del ruido constante de los molinos y del esfuerzo de cientos de personas que depend铆an de aquel lugar para vivir.
Ahora solo quedan el 贸xido, el silencio y la nostalgia. Pero incluso entre las ruinas todav铆a puede sentirse la huella humana de quienes dedicaron all铆 gran parte de sus vidas. Quiz谩s por eso resulta imposible mirar estos hierros como simples desechos. Son fragmentos de memoria, supervivencia e historia.
Espero que les gusten las fotograf铆as. Los leo.
"All photos were taken by me 
Technical data: Nikon camera: Nikon D700 Nikon lens: 50mm f1.4 p-ais; 105mm f2.5 p-ais; 55 f1.2; 35mm f1.8 G Translated by Deepl free version.7