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Del Pelo Pardi - Historical Photo - 1960s

1960s

Del Pelo Pardi - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and ...

Del Pelo Pardi - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and ...

Del Pelo Pardi - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and ...

Del Pelo Pardi - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photograph realized in the 1960s. It belongs to historical albumen including photo reportages of historical events and ...

Osvaldo Salas, widely recognized as one of the world’s great press photographers, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. At the age of fourteen, he left Havan...

Taken from the world’s largest photographic archive, (Hulton Archive and Getty Images), the Getty Images Gallery collection features an extraordinary time capsule of the last century...

This digital print is part of a limited edition set. Steve Schlackman is a lawyer by profession and a photographer by choice. Fascinated by the magical world of photography since his youth, he honed this skill over time, meticulously pouring over all things photographic, technical and creative alike, with unstoppable enthusiasm. Steve’s passion for taking photographs was ignited early on, during a study-abroad trip to Paris, where he immersed himself in all things art historical. Diligence, a strong trait Schlackman is known for, paid off, and after daily meanderings at the Louvre, a great love for art emerged along with hundreds of photographs. These pictures proved to be early tributes to the urban landscape, and although they didn’t amount to full-on series, a seed was planted. The omnipresent tension between the poor neighborhoods of the Cuban capital, as a result of political dictatorship, and the rich Afro-Cuban cultural roots of their inhabitants, whose wealth is represented by their music and feelings, is physically visible in Steve’s use of high contrast, a metaphoric touch on the subject of the light and darkness of the Afro-Cuban heritage. Although intentionally apolitical, the pictures speak volumes about the Cuban status quo and, appropriately, the eternal joy of living despite socio-political hardship. Play, in and of itself a mode to survive the harsh reality, represents another subject Steve is keen on capturing. Whether it is adults playing dominoes...

Gelatin silver print Signed in ink, l.r. Artist/Magnum Photos stamp in ink, verso 11 x 14 inches, sheet 8 x 12 inches, image This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. This photograph is from Gilles Peress...