"''We Cubans never leave Cuba completely when we emigrate. We carry our island with us wherever we go. Cuba embodies our culture, our way of being, our way of seeing things, Cuba is more than a country. The Caribbean island is our philosophy of life.'' (Marialy Pacheco, Cuban and internationally renowned jazz pianist, on the Cuban way of life)
Dirk GEBHARDT's book 'CUBA - 90 Years of Fidel Castro' presents pictures of different places in Cuba, from Remedios via Trinidad and Havana to Viñales in the West of the country. All pictures were taken in summer 2016 during the festivities honouring Fidel Castro turning 90.
The photos are opposed to typically Cuban propaganda and to dissident statements as well. In this conflict it becomes clear that Cuban life is not as we think it is.
The book is published in a limited edition of 250 signed copies." (laif)
About the photographer, Dirk GEBHARDT (*1970 in Cologne, Germany):
Since 1999 Dirk GEBHARDT is Freelance photographer for Repubblica, DER SPIEGEL, Welt am Sonntag, Time Magazine, El Pais, IO Donna, Frankfurter Rundschau, STERN, Der Focus, Sunday Times, Die Welt, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, RWE, CATLIN, Die Gruenen, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie (DGPh), Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA), Unicef, among others
2003 - 2009: Member photoagency VISUM, Hamburg
since 2010: Member photoagency laif, Cologne
since 2007: university teacher for photojournalism at the university of applied sciences Dortmund
Awards and Grants:
2000 Kodak young photographer (Germany)
2001 AGFA award for young photojournalism (hm)
2002 Dr.-Otto-Steinert-Award for the project 'Third Society' from the German
Photographic Society (DGPh)
Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with prroject 'Rio-Santos 9 Places'
Nominated for Joop-Swart Master Class
Studentgrant from AGFA
2003 Nominated for Körber-Photo-Award
2004 Schömberger Fotoherbst mit D-Day 60.Jahrestag (hm)
2004 Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with project 'Park of Desires'
2005 Welde Art Award - Photography - 'Park of Desires'
Grant from VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn for project 'Age of Kali-Aid for Aids in India'
2006: Nominated for Fringe Festival Award during Les Rencontres d'Arles, with 'Age of Kali' / Nominated for Descubrimientos Award with 'Age of Kali' during PhotoEspana
2009: Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with project 'Orphans in Ruanda'
2010 Grant from VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn for project 'Waiting for Rain - A Seca in Brasil'
Dirk GEBHARDT's book 'CUBA - 90 Years of Fidel Castro' presents pictures of different places in Cuba, from Remedios via Trinidad and Havana to Viñales in the West of the country. All pictures were taken in summer 2016 during the festivities honouring Fidel Castro turning 90.
The photos are opposed to typically Cuban propaganda and to dissident statements as well. In this conflict it becomes clear that Cuban life is not as we think it is.
The book is published in a limited edition of 250 signed copies." (laif)
About the photographer, Dirk GEBHARDT (*1970 in Cologne, Germany):
Since 1999 Dirk GEBHARDT is Freelance photographer for Repubblica, DER SPIEGEL, Welt am Sonntag, Time Magazine, El Pais, IO Donna, Frankfurter Rundschau, STERN, Der Focus, Sunday Times, Die Welt, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, RWE, CATLIN, Die Gruenen, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie (DGPh), Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA), Unicef, among others
2003 - 2009: Member photoagency VISUM, Hamburg
since 2010: Member photoagency laif, Cologne
since 2007: university teacher for photojournalism at the university of applied sciences Dortmund
Awards and Grants:
2000 Kodak young photographer (Germany)
2001 AGFA award for young photojournalism (hm)
2002 Dr.-Otto-Steinert-Award for the project 'Third Society' from the German
Photographic Society (DGPh)
Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with prroject 'Rio-Santos 9 Places'
Nominated for Joop-Swart Master Class
Studentgrant from AGFA
2003 Nominated for Körber-Photo-Award
2004 Schömberger Fotoherbst mit D-Day 60.Jahrestag (hm)
2004 Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with project 'Park of Desires'
2005 Welde Art Award - Photography - 'Park of Desires'
Grant from VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn for project 'Age of Kali-Aid for Aids in India'
2006: Nominated for Fringe Festival Award during Les Rencontres d'Arles, with 'Age of Kali' / Nominated for Descubrimientos Award with 'Age of Kali' during PhotoEspana
2009: Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with project 'Orphans in Ruanda'
2010 Grant from VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn for project 'Waiting for Rain - A Seca in Brasil'
- Format
- Open spined HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 23 x 2 cm., 166 pp., 75 color ills., trilingual text: Spanish / German / English, Ltd. to 250 copies