Overview
In this photographic collection, seven photographers who have built their artistic reputation documenting Cuban jazz over the years, bring together images celebrating musicians who have performed at Jazz Plaza - Havana's annual international jazz festival. These photographers present very personal, subjective views on the jazz performances that they document. The images themselves becoming silent participants in the events they show, demonstrating that without photography, jazz would not be the same. Introduced by Pablo Rigal, with an exclusive interview with Bobby Carcassés, founder of Jazz Plaza. Seven photographers are featured - all of them active in Havana's cultural scene, and with years of experience photographing jazz performances: Abel Carmenate, Xavier Carvajal, Maite Fernández, Elio Miniello, Enirque 'Kike' Smith, Gonzalo Vidal and Jorge Villa. The book is full of colour and black & white photographs of Cuban and international jazz musicians. Hardback, 96 pages.
Full Product Details
Author: Gonzalo Vidal ,
Pablo Rigal ,
Enrique 'Kike' Smith
Publisher: Amaurea Press
Imprint: Amaurea Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.254kg
ISBN: 9781914278853
ISBN 10: 1914278852
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 19 September 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Chemist by profession, he became a professional photographer in 1986. In 1996, he began to take part in the Foto Jazz salons, until these ended in 2004. During the Jazz Plaza Festival of 1997, he had a personal exhibition 'Obladi Oblada' in the Cuban National Theatre - in which institution he worked between 1997 and 2001. His work has been exhibited in Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, as well as Spain, Portugal, Romania and France - with more than 40 personal exhibitions and almost a hundred collective shows. From 2002 to 2005, he collaborated with the website cmbf.jazz.cu; and between 2010 and 2020, with www.cubarte.cult.cu. Graduated from the Higher Design Institute, Havana, 1999. He undertook postgraduate studies in publicitary photography, and in several photographic and photo-journalistic specialties. Between 2008 and 2014, he was web designer and photo-journalist for the magazine 'La Jiribilla'. His photographs have been used in video art, for presentations and DVDs, related to music; and also in books, covers and record/DVD sleeve art, along with other graphic applications. He has participated in more than 50 exhibitions in Cuba and abroad. He has sat on the jury of numerous events related to digital art and photography.
