A PLACE APART (2011-2016): PHOTOGRAPHS FROM CUBA

 

Over the last 58 years Cuba has been a place apart. Only a few miles separate Cuba from Key West, Florida but life couldn't be more different. 

The recent death of Fidel Castro and the opening process with the USA will probably change the situation over the next years and this place will not exist as it is much longer.  

"A place apart" is based on two trips I took to Cuba in 2011 and, recently, at the end of 2016 and it is a visual representation of Cuba, far from any political or photojournalist approach.

Cuba to me is a great mix of sadness and hope, joy and condemnation, lights and shadows.  

 

"A PLACE APART" IN MOTION

Music: Quizàs, quizàs, quizòs

Written by: Osvaldo Farrés

Performed by: Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo

Piano: Roberto Fonseca