Anthony Fry |
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| Photographer:
| Glinn, Burt |
| Artist:
| Fry, Anthony |
| ISBN: | 978-1-884167-07-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Umbrage Editions
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Havana: The Revolutionary Moment presents a unique collection of never-before-seen photographs by veteran Magnum photographer Burt Glinn, recording Fidel Castro's historic entry into Havana. In the introductory memoir, Glinn describes the combination of chutzpah & journalistic prescience that led him to leave a New York party & hop a plane to Havana on New Year's Eve, 1959. The photographs he returned with--of Fidel thronged by his countrymen & women as he stops to encourage them along...
More DescriptionHavana: The Revolutionary Moment presents a unique collection of never-before-seen photographs by veteran Magnum photographer Burt Glinn, recording Fidel Castro's historic entry into Havana. In the introductory memoir, Glinn describes the combination of chutzpah & journalistic prescience that led him to leave a New York party & hop a plane to Havana on New Year's Eve, 1959. The photographs he returned with--of Fidel thronged by his countrymen & women as he stops to encourage them along the road to Havana, of troops embracing, & of fierce men & women alike taking up arms in the street--are full of the revolutionary fervor & idealistic anticipation that characterized that moment in Cuban history.