Habana libre

Michael Dweck, William Westbrook

200 pages, parution le 06/10/2011

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Résumé

Cuba has a secret. One that has never been photographed, never reported in Western media and never acknowledged openly within Cuba itself. Michael Dweck is American photographer Michael Dweck's exploration of a compelling aspect of Cuba's contradictory status in the world today. The title, like much in Cuba, has a double meaning: Free Havana and Havana is Free. This revealing and contemporary work by a visual artist adept at capturing the quiet gesture, the alluring glance and the proud and provocative pose, brings to light a secretive social order as seen from within - a position not previously attained by an outsider.

Behind the cliched press images of vintage cars, crumbling buildings, peeling paint and a struggling unhappy people held back from progress, lays a hidden society of Cuba's most influential people - the creative class. It is a socially connected group of keenly observant artists, glamorous models, filmmakers, musicians and writers captured in an elaborate dance of survival and success. Their lives are a constant play of appearances; they are the privileged class in a classless society. These Cubans are international, elegant and sophisticated. They have cars and passports in a country where travel is difficult if not impossible. They are fashionable, though Cuban couture is an oxymoron as there are few stores. They are socialists who would be lost without capitalism to sell their creative wares in the world's markets. And they are the pride and flesh of Cuba's culture. They put their conscience on record, their art is their vision of the country.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Grafiche Damiani
Auteur(s)	Michael Dweck, William Westbrook
Parution	06/10/2011
Nb. de pages	200
Format	26 x 33
Couverture	Relié
Poids	2250g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9788862081849
ISBN13	978-88-620-8184-9