Isla represents the final book of my cuban trilogy. For sale on 1stdibs children playing with balloons, havana, silver gelatin print by ernesto bazan. Ernesto bazans book of photographs, simply titled cuba, which won the prize for best book in this years new york photo festival, is featured in an article in the new york times, which is accompanied by an extensive gallery of photos from this extraordinary look at the everyday lives of cubans. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. For ernesto bazan, photography has been more than a profession. Welcome to bazanphotos publishing, an independent publisher of fine photography books.
In may 2009, the book won the first prize at the new york photo festival and the silver medal at the festival of independent publishers. The english edition sold rapidly after it came out in 2008 and it has now become a collectors item and very few copies remain. Ernesto bazans vision of cuba by heather murphy, july 7, 2009. Its a love affair and final goodbye to this special island that changed my life. Photography and photobook projects by ernesto bazan. Bazancuba, the book, was edited by fifty of my students, friends and myself. Al campo, an intimate visual look at cuban rural lifestyle. Interview with ernesto bazan alex coghe photojournalist. It was also in cuba that bazan felt uniquely positioned to move between color and blackandwhite, and 35mm. The singular apparition that is bazan cuba is not what just any camera would register, but ernesto s way of seeing, and no one elses. Thanks to my workshops i have been able to return to the same locations for almost two decades. I arrived to cuba for the first time, almost by accident, in the fall of 1992. Photographer ernesto bazan talks about his new kickstarter campaign to fund isla, the final book in a trilogy on cuba. He prefer to be known as a photographer who creates intimate, personal stories.
The book masterfully conveys both a reportagetype approach in which ernest bazan tries to capture the quintessence of daily living, photographing total strangers met for a few seconds on the streets, and a more intimate and personal approach in which he portrays various moments in the life of my his family as well as the lives of his beloved farmer friends with whom he shared. The singular apparition that is bazan cuba is not what just any camera would register, but ernestos way of seeing, and no one elses. Bazans lecture, a cuban trilogy, will cover his years in cuba and the resulting body of work. I learned so much about editing through teaching and wanted to democratize the process of editing the book. Al campo is my first book of colour prints focused on the cuban countryside and my beloved farmer friends. Selections from bazans recently completed trilogy on cuba, shot during the socalled special period, are paired with spanish born. Ernesto bazan is raising funds for isla, the last chapter of my unimaginable cuban trilogy on kickstarter. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. I am very lucky to have had the desire, health, time. For sale on 1stdibs dive, havana, silver gelatin print by ernesto bazan. I was living in key west going to the community college there, when a chance arose to take a field trip.
Ernesto bazan is raising funds for al campo, an intimate visual look at cuban rural lifestyle on kickstarter. For the last 20 or so years, he is committed to telling those stories of the people and the island of cuba. After many more trips, bazan finally moved to cuba in 1997, documenting daily life, raising a family, and teaching p. For many years i had strongly desired cuba, as if longing for a woman that you meet only once and cant get out of your mind. Bazan cuba on the other hand has a more documentary feel for me and despite the fact that many of the photographs are timeless and insightful, you cant help but get a feeling of historical significance and i think it is a book that is going to become even more important with the passing of time. I have again had the extraordinary privilige to rely on the help of my students. Looking at his images see below, youll immediately get that about him. Eight years after he had to leave cuba, ernesto bazan has come out with an ambitious book of panoramic photos where multiple stories play out in each frame. Presenter, 2012 in the fall of 1992, i made my fist trip to cuba, on a cheap weeklong package tour bought in merida, mexico. Cuban trilogy in the fall of 1992, i made my fist trip to cuba, on a cheap weeklong package tour bought in merida, mexico. Since then the awardwinning italian photographer has been collecting his huge cache of images from cuba into a book, bazancuba, which he published himself in 2008, through the publishing company he founded, bazanphotos publishing.
A soulful journey in a family photo album the new york. Interview with ernesto bazan 2012 american suburb x. Of the thousands of pictures of cuba by cubans and foreign photographers, none that i know look very much like these. The result is 118 photographs in this thick, one foot square book. Hi ernesto, after bazan cuba, another book produced on your own. I was immediately drawn to this project before even seeing the photos, because of my near obsession with cuba. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Ernesto bazans latest book is a family album of sorts for his twin sons, who were born in cuba and now live in the united states. Ernesto bazan eschews the title of documentary photographer when i try to describe him before our chat. Visualizza altre idee su storia della fotografia, fotografia e cuba.
After the war with spain he was appointed to be the governor of puerto rico after which he became the first military governor of cuba, a position he held from january 1, 1899, until december 23, 1899. Bazan cuba won in 2009, the best book of the year award at the new york photo festival. Bazan has come out with an ambitious book of panoramic. Captain hank bracker, the exciting story of cuba, cuban history. Ernesto bazan children playing with balloons, havana for. Would you like to talk about it to the readers of hyde park photography. Publishing ernesto bazans isla, the final book of his. A soulful journey in a family photo album the new york times. Bpp publications latin american cantos for many years, i have drawn inspiration from several latin american countries, particularly some microcosms of brazil, mexico, and peru. The picture show by heather murphyafter more than twenty years as a commercial photographer, ernesto bazan took what he calls his first good picture in cuba.
The book masterfully conveys both a reportagetype approach in which ernest bazan tries to capture the quintessence of daily living, photographing total strangers met for a few seconds on the streets, and a more intimate and personal approach in which he portrays various moments in the life of my. Isla, the last chapter of my unimaginable cuban trilogy by. Bazan cuba italian hardcover january 1, 2008 by ernesto bazan author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Al campo is a soulful and indepth photo project on cuban rural life that i hope to selfpublish in the next few months. I went to cuba in 1992 and it was love at first sight, for the island and the people. In 2006, after 14 years photographing and teaching in cuba, ernesto bazan was forced to leave the country. A soulful journey captured in a family photo album. Photographs bazanphotos photographs by ernesto bazan. Photographer ernesto bazan, who spent 14 years living in and photographing cuba, presents a poetic view of. Both al campo and bazans previous photography book, entitled cuba, were selfpublished, a feat which would have been impossible without help from the photographers beloved students. Ernesto bazans blackandwhite photographs, from the vivid street life he captured in the first years after his arrival in cuba in 1992, to the contemplative panoramic images of isla taken in the years just prior to his departure in 2006, documents one of the most complex times for the island country. Bazan cuba it took only fourteen years of my life and photography in cuba, two intense years of editing, graphic design and finally go to press to bring to light this work. I looked at ernesto bazans photographs in his book cuba. Ernesto bazans photographs of cuba repeating islands.