Pedro Beruvides
from the series Los centenarios

from the series Los centenarios
from the series Los centenarios
from the series Los centenarios
CultureCuban
Titles
  • from the series Los centenarios
  • from the series The Centenarians
Date1981
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.8 x 17.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 in. (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Esther Parada
Object number2006.445
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 314
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

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.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
"Fotografo" in ink and artist stamp on verso in blue ink, lower right: "PEDRO BERUVIDES"

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