Moods of La Habana - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3937406506 ISBN 13: 9783937406503

Publisher: Edel Classics Gmbh, 2006

Synopsis

In his fascinating images, star photographer Robert Polidori casts an objective glance at and behind the decaying facades of the Cuban capital. Accompanied by original Cuban music which moves back and forth between deep melancholy and unbridled joie de vivre, the viewer can experience the soul of Cuba the sould of Havana through the inhabitant's faces, architecture and music. Music CDs: Authentic sounds of Cuba on four CDs, including original recordings from the clubs and streets of Havana..

About this title

About the Author

Robert Polidori was born in Montréal in 1951 and lives in New York City. His work has been shown in Paris, Brasília, New York, Los Angeles and Minneapolis. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Geo and Architectural Digest (Germany). Polidori has received numerous awards.

Review

Robert Polidori's Havana is a haunting city of sherbet colors and peeling stucco, grand colonial architecture in decay, and real people who hang their laundry across a lofty foyer in an old mansion. Polidori's photographs, which fill the pages of this beautiful, oversized book, appear without comment, yet it is impossible to miss the affection and melancholy of his highly personal vision. (Amazon.Com)

...it's a lyrical romantic quality founded on fact, not just sweet romantic sentiment... (The New York Times)

Edition details

• Publisher: Edel Classics Gmbh
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3937406506
• ISBN 13: 9783937406503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 80