Friday, March 28, 2008

This is Pepe. He sits outside the Fototeca keeping the door. The Fototeca is a relatively small place with two galleries where both visiting photographic exhibitions and local photographers' work are exhibited. Located on Plaza Vieja in Habana Vieja, it is part of a collection of galleries on the Plaza. Around the corner is the Casa Marina, a good place to go have a beer and talk. I have had good experiences at the Fototeca having met both Korda and Roberto Salas at various exhibitions. Although small there is a thriving community of photographic artists in Havana. They have struggled to obtain materials with which to do their work. I am hopeful that the relaxation on the ownership and use of electronic devices by Raul's government will allow them to move forward into the digital realm, an area in which they have been very limited. 

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