Ernesto Bazan: Cuban Trilogy

Zac – Space for Contemporary Art of the City of Palermo – hosts an exhibition by a master of photography, with many years of research behind it and many kilometers of ground, transposed on film, translated into narrative.

Ernesto Bazan lines up his “Cuban Trilogy”: Bazan Cuba, Al Campo, Isla. A continuous journey in the heart of the beautiful Caribbean island, capturing the soul of the newspaper places of work, of family affection: in the center, between saturated and white colors and blacks pasty, there are often layered culture, discipline and hard work peasants consumed by the sun; and then the splendid landscapes but also the details whatever, become key elements of a simple visual syntax, eloquent, emotional, popular.

Ernesto received his first camera when he was 14 years old and began photographing daily life in his native city and in the rural areas of Sicily. Photography has been more than a profession: a true passion, a mission in his life. From 1992 to 2006, he lived and photographed the island of Cuba documenting the unique time in Cuban history called The Special Period. This body of work has given him the privilege to win some of the world most prestigious photographic awards among them The W. Eugene Smith grant; the Mother Jones Foundation for Photojournalism, the World Press Photo and two fellowships from the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation.