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I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection


I Was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection

Binding: Hardcover
Author: Kevin Kwan
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Average Rating: 5.0
Total Customer Reviews: 19
List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $18.21
Sales Rank: 458204

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While most think of Cuba as a mythical island of rum, rumba, and revolution, period photographs reveal a more complex place. I Was Cuba is an original look at Cuban history as seen through the Ramiro Fernandez Collection arguably the world's leading archive of Cuban photos and ephemera. I Was Cuba showcases rare, vernacular images from the nineteenth century through the revolutionary period, exploring the everyday and the eccentric. With texts from famed Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (Before Night Falls), this captivating volume is an intimate view into a bygone era of glamour, political upheaval, and astounding visual culture.

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Product Review Summary: great images

Very happy with this purchase great photos that capture what once was Cuba.. My parents loved it!!

Product Review Summary: Great Photo Book

As a Photographer and a Cuban I will recommend this book to anyone interested in the pre Castro visual history of Cuba. The collection of photos is magnificent.

Product Review Summary: Pictures from Cubas past

I purchased this book for a neighbor who escaped Castro's Cuba.
It is a wonderful collection of pictures taken pre-Castro and for
my neighbor a remembrance of an island he misses to this day.

Product Review Summary: I was Cuba: Treasures from the Ramiro Fernández Collection

An excellent and exquisite gathering of outstanding pictures of my native country with no politcal emphasis, just plain art at its best. The collection as placed on the book gives the viewers a fantastic "review" of the various epochs in Cuba. Outstanding!!

Product Review Summary: Fantastic!

Fantastic collectionn of photos that take you to another place in another time. Beautifully sequenced and with great essays. I hope Mr. Fernandez has more books in him. Give this a sixth star. And a seventh.

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