Magdalena Sol first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land.
She is author of New Delta Rising, published by University Press of Mississippi..
She worked as unit production manager for Man on Wire, which won an Academy Award in 2009.
Her work has been shown internationally in over twenty exhibitions, including eighteen solo presentations.
The Wall Street Journal called Sol \'s images "lushly colorful," "formally striking," "restless," and "electrify ing]."About the Author Magdalena Sol is an award-winning social documentary photographer known for her sensitive expressions of culture through color artistry.
These soulful images offer a new visual perspective on Cuba past and present.
Memorabilia and objects from Cuba\'s revolutionary past linger in the present, while life goes on.
A visual encounter with magical realism, this collection constructs an atmosphere of pervasive timelessness, a photographic time capsule.
The photographs portray everyday settings and people engaged in daily tasks.
With minimal text, this book offers a view of Cuba beyond the tourist trade and the wealthy upper class.
Cuba Hasta Siempre consists of more than 150 full-color photographs taken by Sol , accompanied by a foreword written by Time columnist and travel writer Pico Iyer.
Her photographs reveal the stirrings of transformation, however subtle and hard to see, and reflect a Cuba that is both tough and vulnerable.
Magdalena Sol first visited Cuba in 2011 and has returned every year since, enchanted by the place and the people who live in this slender stretch of land