Los Gatos

Anthological exhibition of Cuban photography, fifty artists and one hundred images allow an extensive tour of the development of photography in Cuba since its arrival on the island in 1840 to the present. With this exhibition, curated by the specialist Rafael Acosta de Arriba, the exhibition of Cuban photography returns to the Museum's halls. Somehow a similar attempt was made in 1983, when another representative sample of our photography was deployed to date. For the occasion, a catalog has been published in which several specialists discuss photography in Cuba, prominent women photographers ...

An evocative celebration of the men of gypsy flamenco culture, from one of contemporary photography’s most gifted artists. Known for his edgy photographs, Ruven Afanador amazes again with another collection of images that will seduce and delight. Following up on Mil Besos—which focused on the women of flamenco—Afanador turns his powerful vision to the men of flamenco, with startling results. Photographed in Andalusian Spain, these unique images present a universe inhabited by gypsies, musicians, and most of all the male flamenco dancers, full of beauty and bravado. Captured in arranged...

El fotógrafo Carlos de Paz, como buen español cultiva el humor negro, es virtuoso del absurdo. De su caminar por ciudades y pueblos surge un mundo surrealista de fotos encontradas que nos fascinan con su humor vitriólico. En un largo sueño atravesamos desiertos infinitos, desiertos interiores. ¿Qué nos mantiene en vida, nos impulsa a perseverar a pesar de la desidia, del abandono, de la ruina, del feísmo, de la soledad? No todo es tan negro, existen servicios públicos gratuitos, las calles están llenas de asientos lejos del mundanal ruido donde descansar y charlar, el futuro es...

The project "Realities and Desires" by Susana Casarin began in January of 2007 in some areas of high marginalization in the State of Veracruz and in the districts of Netzahualcyotl and Ecatepec on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her photographs graphically documented the life stories of local transvestites and transgender persons highlighting in her images the stigma, discrimination and marginalization of gender suffered by this vulnerable social group. Includes texts by doctor and surgeon Arnoldo Kraus.