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Nov 2014 back issue
by Ernesto Bazan
In the last five years of my Cuban life (from 2001 to 2006) for some, almost magical reason, besides using my 35 mm
camera with color negatives I also started using, in black and white, a Hasselblad X-Pan panoramic camera.
I felt like a child with a new toy with this new tool that allowed me the opportunity to shoot and frame life in a totally
different way. I was switching from one camera to the other with a nonchalance and easiness that I’ve never been able
to acquire again after leaving the island.
While working I wasn’t thinking of creating a single photographic project, in making books: I was simply enjoying my
Cuban life, my family, and my farmer friends.
After Bazan Cuba and Al Campo, this year I managed to self-publish again with the help and support of many of my
students, Isla. It represents the last and final book on this unexpected and unimaginable Cuban trilogy. What a miracle!
To buy my Cuban trilogy
Little girl on a rocking chair, Bautista, 2002.
Knife on a table, Viñales, 2003.
Dog by the door, Viñales, 2004.
Fidel smoking cigarette, Bautista, 2004.
Boots and red flowers, Viñales, 2004.
Waiting for coffee, Regla, 1995.
Children playing baseball, Camagüey, 1998.
New Year’s roasted piglet, Havana, 1994.
Cock-fighting arena, Remedios, 1995.
Family reunion at the airport, Havana, 1998.
Beam of light, Viñales, 2005.
Boy hanging upside down, Trinidad, 2005.
Interior with shirt hanging, Havana, 2002.
Young wrestlers, Havana, 2003.
Dog and hawk, Viñales, 2002.
