- from the series Los Centenarios (The Centenarians)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 in. (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
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Pedro
Beruvides is an acclaimed photojournalist who won the Grand National Prize of
Photography in 1982, in part for his glorifying pictures of Fidel Castro.
Photographs of revolutionary leaders, martyrs, farmers, cane cutters, and centenarios (one-hundred-year-olds)
circulated widely in the 1960s and 1970s and established an inspirational image
of Cuban triumph in the public’s mind. Close-up portraits of common men and
women who lived to an extraordinary age celebrate how everyday Cubans were
heroes in their own way.
El reconocido fotoperiodista Pedro Beruvides obtuvo
el Gran Premio Nacional de Fotografía de 1982, en parte, gracias a las imágenes
que reverenciaban a Fidel Castro. Fotografías de líderes revolucionarios, de
mártires, de campesinos, de cortadores de caña e individuos centenarios circularon ampliamente en
las décadas de 60 y 70, imprimiendo una imagen inspiradora del triunfo
revolucionario en la mente del pueblo. Acercamientos de rostros de gente común
(mujeres y hombres) que alcanzaron una edad insólita se congratulaban de cómo
el cubano de la calle también era héroe a su manera.
ProvenanceEsther Parada, Saxtons River, Vermont; given to MFAH, 2006.
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