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Photographer Jean-Christophe Béchet traveled to Cuba in 1990, at a time when the “Balseros” were attempting to reach the American coast—Florida—on their makeshift rafts. He returned to Havana twenty years later, following Fidel Castro’s death, to find a city in the midst of profound change. American cars are still there but have become taxis for tourists; along the Malecón, buildings are being renovated and luxury bars are popping up...
He, however, decided to steer clear of this tourist spectacle, preferring to lose himself in the dark streets in search of those quintessentially Cuban sensations: the tension between poverty and elegance, order and chaos. *Habana Song* is a visual poem he captures in black and white, far removed from the clichés and vibrant colors typically associated with Cuba. Music accompanies us throughout this photographic journey.
Published by Éditions Loco,
28 cm 21.50 cm, 152 pages, like new
ISBN: 978-2-84314-018-1
Photographer Jean-Christophe Béchet traveled to Cuba in 1990, at a time when the “Balseros” were attempting to reach the American coast—Florida—on their makeshift rafts. He returned to Havana twenty years later, following Fidel Castro’s death, to find a city in the midst of profound change. American cars are still there but have become taxis for tourists; along the Malecón, buildings are being renovated and luxury bars are popping up...
He, however, decided to steer clear of this tourist spectacle, preferring to lose himself in the dark streets in search of those quintessentially Cuban sensations: the tension between poverty and elegance, order and chaos. *Habana Song* is a visual poem he captures in black and white, far removed from the clichés and vibrant colors typically associated with Cuba. Music accompanies us throughout this photographic journey.
Published by Éditions Loco,
28 cm 21.50 cm, 152 pages, like new
ISBN: 978-2-84314-018-1
