Sin miedo al retrato

An incomparable portrait artist and Colombia's most outstanding photographer of the second half of the 20th century, Hernán Díaz is a cultured and versatile professional. Together, the hundred black-and-white photographs collected in this book form a gallery of Colombia's most important social, cultural, and political figures from the 1960s to the present day. Though the subjects are often public figures, Díaz's evident comradery with them brings a rare intimacy to their portraits. A critical study of his work accompanies the reproductions. En la fotografía de escenas y de gentes...

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 ...

No fue consciente. Observar la luz y sus gestos tomaron peso con el tiempo. Siempre estuvieron cerca direccionando los afectos y las carencias. Aglutinaron emociones hasta llegar a esto. Las que quise, las que admiré. Las mujeres que me retaron, las que me gustó como se reían. La mujer que me dio la vida. La que parecía inalcanzable porque salía en la tele, y era tan buena actriz que me hipnotizaban sus maneras. La que iba caminando y me hizo recordar a mi abuela que ya no está. Entonces empezaron a juntarse los negativos, acumulando polvo con el tiempo violento que no avisa que pasa...