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James Sparshatt
La Vieja Guajira by James Sparshatt - Palladium Platinum Print with Float Frame

2001

About the Item

The old country girl from the Escambray mountains. I was hiking in the mountains, close to Trinidad, when I met the family. They invited me in and we chatted about our different lives. Theirs was one of constancy and graft on the land, mine of journeys and displacement. The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cubans that saw the dramatic changes of 1959 as young adults. They have a strength of character and underlying humour that transcends the struggle that has defined their lives. James Sparshatt went to Cuba in 1999 and was so taken with the island and its people that he returned 15 times in the following 7 years. His images are largely of the music and dance and innate rhythm of the island but he also found himself drawn to an older generation that had been old enough to understand the revolution in 1959, that lived through 40 years of tumultuous and often difficult times and who now watch with some bemusement the return of the outside world in wave upon wave of tourists. James Sparshatt’s photographs of the “Revolutionary” generation of Cubans capture their grit and indominatable spirit. The work is available printed directly on to brushed aluminium, and on paper as silver gelatin or palladium platinum prints. Palladium platinum print Edition of 12 Print floated in a box frame with UV clarity glass Signed by artist al verso Stamped by 31 Studio – platinum print masters Certificate of Authenticity from gallery Location: Escambray mountains Series: Spirit of the Revolution Year: 2001 Media: Hand-crafted palladium platinum print Paper Size: 30" x 22" Frame: Float framed
  • Creator:
    James Sparshatt (1966, British)
  • Creation Year:
    2001
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    Framed baryta silver gelatin print. Paper size 20" x 16". Framed size 23" x 22". Edition of 35Price: $762
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  • Gallery Location:
    Coltishall, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU154628135332
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