Following on the success of the first edition of Cuba Then (2014),
this revised and expanded edition introduces more than 100 dazzling
new images that build on the allure of Cuba, past and present. In
the last few years, Cuba has see seismic shifts in its politics and
international standing: US-Cuba relations moved toward
normalization, the US embassy was reopened, and Fidel Castro died.
The intensified interest in Cuba has seen record numbers of
Americans traveling there while they still can. In this climate, a
new edition of Cuba Then will satisfy the growing curiosity around
the country's history, adding to the visual culture and legacy.
With thirty new pages and more than 100 newly selected vintage
photographs and pieces of ephemera from the collection of Ramiro A.
Fernandez, the most extensive archive of Cuban photography and
ephemera outside of Cuba, this book is a tribute to the lost eras
of style, glamor, ebullience, intrigue, and upheaval. The more than
300 images here span the entire spectrum of photographic history,
including rare nineteenth century daguerreotypes, cartes-de-visite,
and stereoviews. Much of Fernandez's collection is little seen and
never published, presenting a rich spectrum of personalities
spanning more than a century: aristocratic racecar drivers, movie
actors and showgirls, magicians, spies, and campesinos. With an
autobiographical introduction from the author, who was born in
Havana, and peppered with selections from Richard Blanco's alluring
poetry, these pages take readers inside circuses, concerts,
filmsets, and street parades. From unlikely images of historical
newsmakers (Fidel Castro drinking a Coca-Cola on a public bus) to a
roster of jet-setting celebrities such as Celia Cruz, Winston
Churchill, and Maria Felix, Cuba Then is a welcome new edition of
this seductive and lush photographic survey of the small island
that continues to fascinate the world.
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