Cuba hasta siempre

by Magdalena Solé, Pico Iyer (Foreword by)

Overview

Magdalena Solé first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land. Her photographs reveal the stirrings of transformation, however subtle and hard to see, and reflect a Cuba that is both tough and vulnerable.

Cuba hasta siempre consists of more than 150 full-color photographs taken by Solé, accompanied by a foreword written by Time columnist and travel writer Pico Iyer. With minimal text, this book offers a view of Cuba beyond the tourist trade and the wealthy upper class. The photographs portray everyday settings and people engaged in daily tasks. A visual encounter with magical realism, this collection constructs an atmosphere of pervasive timelessness, a photographic time capsule. Memorabilia and objects from Cuba’s revolutionary past linger in the present, while life goes on. These soulful images offer a new visual perspective on Cuba past and present. The Wall Street Journal called Solé’s images “lushly colorful,” “formally striking,” “restless,” and “electrify[ing].”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496827791
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	02/06/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	111 MB
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About the Author

Magdalena Solé is an award-winning social documentary photographer known for her sensitive expressions of culture through color artistry. Her work has been shown internationally in over twenty exhibitions, including eighteen solo presentations. She worked as unit production manager for Man on Wire, which won an Academy Award in 2009. She is author of New Delta Rising, published by University Press of Mississippi.
Magdalena Solé is an award-winning social documentary photographer known for her sensitive expressions of culture through color artistry. Her work has been shown internationally in over twenty exhibitions, including eighteen solo presentations. She worked as unit production manager for Man on Wire, which won an Academy Award in 2009. She is author of New Delta Rising and Cuba hasta siempre, both published by University Press of Mississippi.
Pico Iyer is a British-born essayist and novelist who is based in Japan. He is author of numerous books on crossing cultures, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk, The Global Soul, and Cuba and the Night. A regular columnist for Time magainze since 1986, he has also written for Harper's, the Financial Times, the New York Times, and the New Yorker.