A Photographic Narrative of Cuba
July 28 – September 3, 2011
Opening and book launch: July 28, 5–9 p.m.
Toronto Image Works Gallery
80 Spadina Avenue, Suite 207,
Toronto, ON, M5V 2J4
T: 416-703-1999
gallery@torontoimageworks.com
Hours: Mon – Frid 8:30 – 7 , Sat 1 – 3pm.
“This project is a visual exploration of the Cuban dance of life. Cuba is a movement of great hardship and joyous celebration. For 50 years, Cuba’s reality has been dominated by a revolutionary dream of creating a more just society and the crippling economic isolation that has resulted from US policies towards Cuba.”
The focus of this project, however, is not the political. My purpose is not to judge the revolutionary experiment.
But in Cuba, this political reality permeates everything. It is the canvas for every image. And yet, these pictures reflect the fierce independence and enduring exuberance of the Cuban people, and the music and rhythm of the island nation that continues to define the Cuban experience above all else. It’s what keeps drawing me back. It is in this spirit that I share these images with you.