Alejandro Pérez Álvarez
from the series La fiesta de la sardina

from the series La fiesta de la sardina

© 2011 Alejandro Pérez Álvarez

from the series La fiesta de la sardina
from the series La fiesta de la sardina
CultureCuban
Titles
  • from the series La fiesta de la sardina
  • from the series The Sardine Party
Date2011
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 14 13/16 in. (25.3 × 37.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 in. (30.1 × 40 cm)
Credit LineThe Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection, Gift of Madeleine and Harvey Plonsker
Object number2024.269
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Packed shoulder to shoulder in joyous reverie at Havana’s celebration of carnival, the city’s LGBTQ+ community stole the show, moving to the rhythm of the conga. Alejandro Pérez Álvarez, moving along with the crowds, captured the heat and energy of the music and dancers thanks to the unavoidable lag between his camera shutter and its flash.

 

Hombro con hombro, gozando del carnaval de La Habana, la comunidad LGBTQ+ se robaba el espectáculo moviéndose al ritmo de la conga. Alejandro Pérez Álvarez, avanzando con la multitud, capture el calor y la energía del evento gracias al inevitable desfasaje entre el obturador de su cámara y el flash.  


ProvenanceMadeleine and Harvey Plonsker, Glencoe, Illinois; given to MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in black ink, recto, bottom right below image: ALEJANDRO PÉREZ ALVAREZ 2011
Inscribed in black ink, verso, bottom left corner: 1/10
Signed in black ink, verso, bottom right.
Signed in black ink, recto, bottom right below image: ALEJANDRO PÉREZ ALVAREZ 2011

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