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Title: Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution by Tim B. Wride ISBN: 1-85894-134-2 Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Merrell Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful pics
Comment: A definite addition to any coffee table worth its cafe con leche
Rating: 3
Summary: Survey of Contemporary Cuban Photography.
Comment: The book is a catalogue for the important exhibition of Cuban photography, "Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography After the Revolution," which was organized by Tim B. Wride of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Focusing on just three generations of photographers, starting just after the triumph of the 1959 Revolution, it highlights the important work of photographers in and out of Cuba such as Jose A. Figueroa, Maria Eugenia Haya (Marucha), Rogelio Lopez Marin (Gory) and Marta Maria Perez Bravo.
The essay by Cristina Vives, an independent curator in Havana and an art historian, offers a brief history and indeed a very personal close-up of Cuban photography and its importance not as a tool of a socialist state or society but as fine art. As an "insider", (she is married to the photographer Jose A. Figueroa), she has been both privileged and burdened with writing an elegant essay that although brief, is both concise and informative. The reader emerges with a clearer understanding of how the present "state of affairs" in Cuban contemporary photography came to be. The press was a close ally of the medium because of political and social reasons in the early stages of the Revolution but, nevertheless provided both work and a showcase for the talents of many. In addition, Ms. Vives examines the state of photography before this historical reality of that continues to be, the Cuban Revolution.
Curator Wride, in a brief telephone conversation to this writer, said the idea of an exhibition as this was four years in the making. The exhibition and book that accompanies it, have been worth waiting for.
Margarita Aguilar
Assistant Curator
El Museo del Barrio, New York
Rating: 5
Summary: An exciting look at Cuban photography
Comment: As an American photographer who photographs in Cuba I found this book to be both visually exciting and intellectually stimulating. The more recent photographs are complex and sophisticated. The preface by Wim Wenders was especially moving. Wenders summed up my personal feelings about this tiny neighbor in a poetic and passionate way. This book has convinced me to travel to see the exhibition in person.
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Title: Cuba on the Verge : An Island in Transition by Terry McCoy, William Kennedy, Arthur Miller ISBN: 0821228021 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 20 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Living in Cuba by Alexandra Black, Simon McBride ISBN: 0312197276 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Art Cuba : The New Generation by Holly Block ISBN: 0810957337 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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Title: Inside Havana by Andrew Moore ISBN: 0811833437 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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