CUBA by Ernesto Bazan 

¥19,800

Ernesto Bazan, a photojournalist from Sicily, Italy, says that when he was 17 years old, he heard clearly in a dream, "You need to become a photographer."  His life as a photographer changed when he visited Cuba, the first country he visited after graduating from SVA in New York. He married a local woman and moved there in 1997. He fell in love with the place.
This book is a collection of photographs that transcends photojournalism and is filled with the personal intimacy, enthusiasm, and patriotism of a foreigner and a local, while including coverage of Cuba during the "special period" after the collapse of the Soviet Union. 14 years of this photo project, both in composition and subject matter, could only have been captured with his camera. The composition and subject matter of this 14-year photo project could only have been captured with his camera. Some have likened the book to a "love story". However, it could be said that his gaze on this one country itself is a true documentary. This book is the winner of the Eugene Smith Award, which is given to photographic works that emphasize the human and social aspects of a person's life.


イタリア・シチリア島出身のフォトジャーナリスト、エルネスト・バザンは17歳の時、夢の中ではっきりと「あなたは写真家になる必要がある。」という声を聞いたという。そんな彼の写真家人生を変えたのは、ニューヨークのSVAを卒業後初めて訪れた国、キューバだった。彼は現地の女性と結婚し、1997年に移住。その場所に恋に落ちることになる。
本書は、ソ連崩壊後の「特別な時代」を迎えたキューバの取材を含めつつ、フォトジャーナリズムを超越した、外国人である彼と現地の人の個人的な親密さと、熱意と、そして愛国心が詰まった写真集。14年間のこのフォトプロジェクトは構図、被写体ともに、彼のカメラでしか捉えられなかっただろう。ゆえにこの本が「ラブストーリー」であると例える人もいる。だが彼がこの一つの国に向けた眼差しそのものが、真のドキュメンタリーだと言えるのではないだろうか。人間性や社会性を重視した写真作品を対象とした、ユージンスミス賞受賞作。


Design:Ernesto Bazan, Juan de la Cruz Pavon e molti dei miei benamati studenti

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publisher :BazanPhotos Publishing
year:2008
size:H277×W300mm
format:hardcover
language:Italian
attachment:dust jacket.
condition:good.

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