Charles Harbutt Cuba Libre 1959 |
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Author:
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ISBN: | 978-1-904563-20-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2005 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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On New Year's Day, 1959, the news broke that,Cuba's brutal dictator Batista had fled the,country. In the hills of the Sierra Maestra Fidel,Castro prepared for his triumphal arrival in,Havana. Charles Harbutt, then 23 years old,covered those first heady days in the city. An,American photography magazine had recommended his,work to the Castro movement, which invited him to,photograph the revolution. By January 2 he was in,Havana. Cuba Libre 1959 catalogues the photographs,of his first...
More DescriptionOn New Year's Day, 1959, the news broke that,Cuba's brutal dictator Batista had fled the,country. In the hills of the Sierra Maestra Fidel,Castro prepared for his triumphal arrival in,Havana. Charles Harbutt, then 23 years old,covered those first heady days in the city. An,American photography magazine had recommended his,work to the Castro movement, which invited him to,photograph the revolution. By January 2 he was in,Havana. Cuba Libre 1959 catalogues the photographs,of his first extraordinary week in the city.