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Statement of the photographer, Manuel RIVERA-ORTIZ
"In 2002, I embarked on a very personal quest to Cuba. I wanted to remember my childhood in Puerto Rico. And I knew that in Cuba time had stood still in many ways. (...) I found my Puerto Rico in western Havana, on the tobacco farms near Pinar del Rio, or to the east in Playa Girón on the Bay of Pigs, and on toward Cienfuegos and Trinidad and Camagüey! And new friends - I found a unique community, foreign to the stranger, but almost like family to me." (© Manuel RIVERA-ORTIZ)
Content
The photo volume 'Cuba. Finding Home' by Manuel RIVERA-ORTIZ contains over 120 black and white photographs from different parts of Cuba, both about life in Havana and in the rural part. The book is divided into eight chapters, each with about fifteen photographs: 'La Habana' - 'Pinar del Rio' - 'Artemisa / La Habana' - 'Mayabeque / Matanzas' - 'Cienfuegos' - 'Sancti Spíritus' - 'Ciego de Ávila' and 'Camagüey / La Habana'. The photo book 'Cuba. Finding Home' begins with an introduction and concludes with a detailed appendix that describes the history of the photos reproduced in thumbnails, as well as explaining the documentary photographer and writer's search and his intention for creating this book.