In April 2022, Brooks Whittington and Charlie Minato traveled to Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, the collection of buildings located in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, that make up “the Arturo Fuente factory.”
Given the breadth and depth of the factory, we spent more than three days photographing Planta No. 1, the factory where cigars are rolled, and La Gran Fábrica de Cajas, the box factory. Below is a tour of one of the most important cigar factories in the world. It’s divided into five parts as well as closing thoughts from Brooks Whittington, who shot and edited the photographs.
