moore first traveled to cuba in 1998 to photograph havana’s decaying theaters. the project soon expanded in scope to document the larger effects of cuba’s permanent revolution, which were particularly apparent during the economic depression known as the “período especial.” moore’s large-scale color photographs of havana reveal an elegant but crumbling metropolis of muted pastel interiors, courtyards, and scenes of daily life. moore returned to photograph cuba’s architecture and environment over the next 14 years, in the process publishing two monographs "inside havana" (chronicle books, 2002) and "cuba" (damiani, 2012). moore has said his work intends to show, “how contemporary history, and specifically cultures in transition, are expressed through architecture.” the photographer julius shulman wrote of inside havana, “exhibited throughout moore’s work is a genuine flavor of ‘presence’. he does not attempt to gloss over questionable conditions, nor does he try to contort reality. with tremendous sensitivity, moore creates art statements of the architecture he shows us. his images are painterly and poetic.” moore’s photographs from cuba appeared as a cover story in the september 23, 2012 issue of "the new york times magazine".