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"I AM CUBAN" Hardcover Photo Book by Helena de Braganca
- Item Number
- 209
- Estimated Value
- 30 USD
- Sold
- 10 USD to bbsusanne
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Hardcover 8.5 x 12 inch Edition with 2 Accompanying Photo Prints
Language:Italiano / English / Español
Pages:168
Illustrations:140
Binding:hardback
Release:spring 2011 / currently out of print
I am Cuban is an exploration of the largely undocumented life of the Cuban people. Travelling extensively in Cuba between 2007 and 2009, Helena's work contrasts with the well-known images of an isolated, decaying Cuba to highlight a cross-section of Cubans in startlingly earnest and evocative portraits. Helena fixes her lens on segments of society hidden from view – prostitutes, gays, transvestites, punk rockers and swingers. For them, Helena's camera became both a safe haven and a stage. While not a political statement, the images acknowledge the contemporary Cuban reality of pervasive poverty in weary faces, young and old. Among artists, musicians and ordinary citizens Helena found a creative energy, vitality and irrepressible desire to connect to the rest of the world.
Born in 1978 to Polish and Portuguese immigrants in London, Helena began her early career working with Arnold Newman, whose iconic environmental portraiture informed this body of work. Acclaimed photographer Ralph Gibson handed her his Leica and supported the project from its inception.
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