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About the Italian photographer Ernesto BAZAN (b.1959, in Palermo)
Ernesto BAZAN went to New York in 1979 to study photography at the School of Visual Arts. In 1982 he joined the photo agency Magnum Photos, which he left two years later. From 1992 to 2006 he lived mostly in Cuba, documenting an important period in Cuban history: 'El Periodo Especial'. His photographs have been exhibited in Europe, Latin America and the United States.
Photo books by Ernesto BAZAN
- 'Il passato perpetuo / The Perpetual Past' (1982, 1985)
'Passing through' (1993)
'Cuba' (2008)
'Al Campo' (2011)
'Isla' (2014)
'Before you grow up' (2017)
'25 de Noviembre ' (2020)
Awards
- Two grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Alicia Patterson Foundation
1982: Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles
1995: Mother Jones Award; World Press Photo Award in the 'Daily Life stories' category
1998: W. Eugene Smith Award
Exhibitions (a selection)
- 2011: 'Al Campo', Mondo Galeria, Madrid
2012: 'Al Campo', Byline Photo, Milan
2015: 'Cuba, Then and Now' (Group exhibition), Sous Les Etoiles The Gallery, New York City
2016: 'Cuban Trilogy', ZAC, Palermo
2018: 'Cuban Trilogy', Instytut Fotografii Fort, Warsaw
2021: 'Raw Poetry: Ernesto Bazan in Cuba', Art Museum of the Americas, Washington D.C.