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"Magdalena Solé first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land. Her photographs reveal the stirrings of transformation, however subtle and hard to see, and reflect a Cuba that is both tough and vulnerable. Cuba hasta siempre consists of more than 150 full-color photographs taken by Solé, accompanied by a foreword written by Time columnist and travel writer Pico Iyer. With minimal text, this book offers a view of Cuba beyond the tourist trade and the wealthy upper class. The photographs portray everyday settings and people engaged in daily tasks. A visual encounter with magical realism, this collection constructs an atmosphere of pervasive timelessness, a photographic time capsule. Memorabilia and objects from Cuba's revolutionary past linger in the present, while life goes on. These soulful images offer a new visual perspective on Cuba past and present. The Wall Street Journal called Solé's images ""lushly colorful,"" ""formally striking,"" ""restless,"" and ""electrify[ing]."

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Ms. Sole's lushly colorful and formally striking images are restless. The people . . . are lively and in motion, contrasting sharply with their crumbling surroundings. The colors Ms. Sole finds everywhere . . . are visual metaphors for the culture and history that remain vivid even beneath the cracking surface. . . . [T]hey electrify.--The Wall Street Journal

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Magdalena Solé is an award-winning social documentary photographer known for her sensitive expressions of culture through color artistry. Her work has been shown internationally in over 20 exhibitions, including 18 solo presentations. She worked as Unit Production Manager for Man on Wire, which won an Academy Award in 2009. She is author of New Delta Rising and Cuba Hasta Siempre, both published by University Press of Mississippi.

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