13x18 !

February 16, 2021

The joy of shooting really big slides. 13x18cm color slide shot some time ago in Hamburg’s commercial photo studio Kleinhempel.

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Horbach's Art Gallery in Germany features Photos of Fidel Castro

February 14, 2021

3 of my photos of Fidel Castro are featured in an art exposition in Cologne, Germany, that features work of international artists.

Dimitri Yazov, former Sovjet Defense Minister, stands before a hangar in which sovjet mid-range missiles R-12 where being installed, near Los Palcaios, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on the last day of a conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, Cuba, on October 13, 2002. Dazov was Colonel and Commander of the special motorized rifle regiment Olgin in Cuba in 1962.

A sovjet missile SA-75 M "Divina" , of the type that shot down the U-2, in Havana, Cuba, on the last day of a conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, Cuba, on October 13, 2002.

Fidel Castro, Cubas Head of State and Party, gives a speech, during an international conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, in Havana, Cuba, on October 12, 2002.

Former US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara serving under President Kennedy during the 1962 October missile cisis, speaks during the opening ceremony of a conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, in Havana, Cuba, on October 11, 2002.

Captain William Ecker, who was the pilot who flew over Cuba on October 23, 1962 during the Cuba crisis and took the reconnaissance photos that gave the Kennedy administration the proof that soviet missiles were being installed in Cuba. In the background a missile hangar.

Cristopher Kennedy, actor and nephew of J.F. Kennedy talks to William Ecker, who was the pilot who flew over Cuba on October 23, 1962 during the Cuba crisis and took the reconnaissance photos that gave the Kennedy administration the proof that soviet missiles were being installed in Cuba. Christopher Kennedy played the role of pilot Ecker in the Costner movie "13 days". In the background a hangar that hosted Soviet middle range missiles R-12, near Los Palcaios, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on the last day of a conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, Cuba, on October 13, 2002.

Arthur Schlesinger (r) and Theodore Soerensen (l) former advisors to President J.F. Kennedy during the Cuba missile crisis in 1962, stand next to a sovjet mid-range missile R-12 in Havana, Cuba, on the last day of a conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, Cuba, on October 13, 2002.

A hangar in which sovjet mid-range missiles R-12 where being installed during the 1962 Cuba Missile Crisis, near Los Palcaios, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on the last day of a conference on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Cuba-Crisis, Cuba, on October 13, 2002.

Arthur Schlesinger, former advisor to President J.F. Kennedy during the Cuba missile crisis in 1962, stands next to a hangar that hosted sovjet mid-range missiles R-12 during the Cuban missile crisis.

A hangar that hosted sovjet mid-range missiles R-12 during the Cuban missile crisis.

The revelation of the 2002 Cuban Missile Crisis Conference

October 28, 2020

In 2002, 40 years after the Cuban missile crisis, a conference too place with many of the key players from the crisis, that had the world on the verge of a nuclear war.

Che Guevara bust in La Higuera and the school where he was shot on Oct 9, 1967, in the background.

Argentinian actor Alfredo Vasco on the set to "Che", a movie about Ernesto Che Guevara, filmed on location in Santa Clara in 1997, where Che assaulted a train of Batista's Armed Forces in December of 1958, which finally led to Bastista's escape from Cuba and the victory of Castro's revolution.

The remains of Che Guevara's and fellow guerilleros in the Santa Clara mausoleum

Cuban Geidrich bears a Che Tattoo on his arm, Santa Lucia, Camagüey, 2008.

Cuban pioneers pass by a billboard with the image of Che Guevara on their way back home after school, on the road to Vinales, Pinar del Rio, 2014.

Cubans at a Medico de la Familia, Family Doctor, in Old Havana. Che Guevara painting.

General Harry Villegas, aka Pombo, who was fighting with Che Guevara since he was 15, first in the cuban Revolution, later in the Congo and finally in Bolivia, where Che Guevara was killed. In the back, Ministry of Interior, Che Guevara Image (after Alberto Korda's photo), Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, 2004.

A cuban boy jokes with a friend as he stands under an image of late guerilla fighter Che Guevara in Biran, Fidel Casro's birthplace. Words read the most famous sentence written by Che Guevara: Hasta la Victoria Siempre (Until Victory, forever). 2007.

Cuban barber Michel always has Che photo next to where he cuts hair.Old Havana, 2016.

A young Cuban pioneer holds an image of Che as the caravan with his remains passes through a village on its way to Santa Clara.

Tens of thousands of Cubans pay tribute to Che Guevara, at the Jose Marti monument, Plaza de la Revolucion.

Participants of Che's funeral ceremony, Oct 17, 1997, Santa Clara.

Guard of honor next to the remains of Che Guevara, at the Jose Marti monument, Plaza de la Revolucion.

Luis Emilio Monteagudo Arteaga, a.k.a. ‘Angalia’, stands in front of the niche with the remains of late Ernesto Che Guevara, in the Che Guevara Memorial, on September 21, 2017, in Santa Clara, Cuba. Monteagudo fought with Che Guevara in his military mission in the Congo.

The mausoleum with the remains of late guerilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara and others who fought and died with Che in Bolivia, in the Che Guevara Memorial, in Santa Clara, Cuba, 2017.

Che Guevara

October 08, 2020

A little story of about an inner conflict after receiving the news that Che’s remains had been found; and a colelction of photos i shot on assignment for German and international magazines in Cuba and Bolvia.

Victor Ricardo Cairo, head of a local CDR, with condecoratioons he received, 1999.

Night watch, 1999.

Cuban artist Kcho stirs a special 'caldosa', in an artwork created by himself, 2013.

Kids play baseball against the backdrop of a CDr propaganda.

Pictures of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara are being hung up. Members of a CDR paint political slogans and propaganda for the May Day march, 2007.

Assembly to elect candidates for elections, 2017.

CDR shooting practice for kids, on occasion of a CDR anniversary, 2009.

CDR assembly in Old Havana, 1999.

CDR night watch, 1999.

Voluntary neighborhood cleaning.

Yadisney Vidal Sardinias (16), was 14 when she was elected as the youngest ever president of a local CDR, 1989.

Kids collecting renewable resources, 1999.

CDR assembly (Rendición de cuenta) in Vedado, Havana, 1999.

CDR assembly in Vedado, Havana, 1999.

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Daisy Payas Morillo, 61, president of a revolutionary neighbourhood watch organisation CDR, holds an album with Revolution stickers that bears the cover image of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, 2008.

Daisy Payas Morillo, 61, president of a revolutionary neighbourhood watch organisation CDR, gently touches an album with Revolution stickers that bears the cover image of ailing Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, 2008.

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Daisy Payas Morillo, 61, president of a revolutionary neighbourhood watch organisation CDR, flips through the pages of an album with Revolution stickers that bears the cover image of Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, 2008.

Cubans dance salsa under a picture of Cuban President Fidel Castro during the traditional party to commemorate the anniversary of the CDR, 2007.

Ofelia Lopez holds a Fidel Castro photo. Ofelia was present when Castro gave the speech in 1960, announcing the foundation of the CDR. Havana, 1999.

Del Toro, President of the CDR # 1 Ernesto Che Guevara, in Santiago de Cuba, sings the national anthem. 2003.

A cuban girl plays in a local CDR, with the photos of Fidel Castro (left and right), Revolution Commander Camilo Cienfuegos (2nd left) and Che Guevara (2nd right) at the wall, 2007.

Victor Ricardo Cairo Saez, CDR Coordinator of the Zone 92, explains a board with plans set by the CDR. Havana, 1999.

Cubans dance to a conga as celebrating a CDr anniversary, 2007.

A Cuban woman carries a Che Guevara flag as people are preparing for the CDr anniversary, Havana's Malecon, 2005.

Con Fidel Revolucion, political propaganda, a phrase (With Fidel Revolution) being used by the mass organisation CDR, 2008.

CDR - The Neighborhood organization in Cuba

September 27, 2020

CDR - On occasion of the anniversary of Cuba’s biggest mass organization.

Ramon Picasso (L) and the remaining members of the Picasso family in Havana, Cuba.

Ramon Picasso searching the tomb of his great-grandfather Francsisco Picasso, among graves at the General cemetery La Reina, where Francisco Guardeño was buried on 24 May 1888, Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Documents in the General Archive in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Tombs at the general cemetery La Reina, where Francisco Guardeño was buried in 24 May 1888, Cienfuegos, Cuba.

Ramon Picasso, great-grandchild of Francisco Picasso Guardeño (photo) , with his grandchild Samil Elisbet Picasso Cordero.

Samil Elisbet Picasso Cordero, 5, painting. Samil is a descendant of Pablo Picasso's grandfather.

Luis Picasso at his home in Havana. Luis is a descendant of Pablo Picasso.

Register at the Colon cemetery in Havana shows the data of the burial of Ramon Picasso Granado, father of Ramon Picasso.

Delia Picasso at her home in Havana, she is a descendant of Pablo Picasso.

A tomb of a member of the Picasso family (though wrongly spelled upon engraving) at the Colon cemetery in Havana.

Julia Mirabal, Newsmaker of Cuban TV, who made a documentary about the Black Picassos.

Cuba's Black Picassos

September 12, 2020

Pablo PIcasso's grandfather left his wife and children and headed for Cuba, where he founded a new family with a former slave. Among the children he had left behind in Spain was a girl, who would later give birth to Pablo Picasso. This is the story about the black Picassos in Cuba, the descendants of Pablo Picasso's grandfather.

Cuban photographers Roberto Salas, Raul Corrales and Alberto Korda posing with three of their most known pictures, Fidel Castro in a hammock, the cavalry of the revolutionary army, and Che Guevara.

Korda holds a salas picture of Che.

Korda, Salas and Corrales.

Korda holds his famous photo of Che Guevara.

Korda, Salas, Corrales.

Grumpy Old Men - An encounter with 3 living legends of Cuban photography

September 05, 2020

My encounter with 3 legends of Cuba photography, Korda, Corrales and Salas

Wall paintings of nudes inside prison cells of the Presidio Modelo, a prison at the Isle of Youth, where Fidel Castro was imprisoned after his 1953 attack on the Monacada barracks.

The prison cells of the Presidio Modelo, a prison at the Isle of Youth, where Fidel Castro was imprisoned after his 1953 attack on the Monacada barracks. World globetrotter German Heinz Stücke with his bike.

Wall paintings inside prison cells of the Presidio Modelo, a prison at the Isle of Youth, where Fidel Castro was imprisoned after his 1953 attack on the Monacada barracks.

Wall paintings of nudes inside prison cells of the Presidio Modelo, a prison at the Isle of Youth, where Fidel Castro was imprisoned after his 1953 attack on the Monacada barracks.

Wall paintings inside prison cells of the Presidio Modelo, a prison at the Isle of Youth, where Fidel Castro was imprisoned after his 1953 attack on the Monacada barracks.

World globetrotter German Heinz Stücke with his bike jokingly inside a prison cells of the Presidio Modelo, a prison at the Isle of Youth, where Fidel Castro was imprisoned after his 1953 attack on the Monacada barracks.

Presidio Modelo

September 03, 2020

Wall paintings mostly of nude women in the cells of the former prison Presidio Modelo, at the Isle of Youth, Cuba.

Havana Curfew

Empty streets on the junction of the otherwise heavily frequented Avenida 31 y 60 in the Playa district, as Havana is minutes away from a curfew for vehicles and people from 7pm to 5am for the next two weeks as of today, September 1, 2020 in Havana, Cuba. Havana had been already in phase 1 one of Cubas 3 phase reopening program, but due to rising infection numbers was sent back to phase 0, limiting public transportation and opening of restaurants and bars. As numbers still kept rising over the past weeks despite the newly imposed restrictions, the local government last week decided to order a curfew for Havana for at least two weeks. As Cuba fights the outbreak of the pandemic, the Ministry of Health has confirmed 33 new infections for yesterday for a total of 4065 infection cases and 95 deaths of Covid-19.