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Buena Vista Cuba

The other day,"SHIBUYA BUNKA LIVE"To cover the "Cuban Special" in the corner,TOKYO HIPSTERS CLUBIt is in being held"Kondo Akihi" Cuba in the 1960's "Photo Exhibition"I appreciate it. The photographs entitled "The revolutionary hero Fidel Castro and Choi Guevara", which will be the most historically significant among all the photos well conveyed the situation at the time, was "Godfather PART 2 "It was cut into a beautiful composition that I thought as a scene, and it was a powerful piece as it seemed that Spanish with a lot of heat came to be heard from the gap of grainy rough texture particles. This photograph full of tension that "I am so close to being able to come so far because it is a Japanese guy" can be called a piece that can not be removed in talking about Mr. Kondo's career as a press photographer.



Contrary to the richly heavy image that I come up with from the word "revolution", most of the photos on display at the venue were able to be projected "after the revolution" that overwhelmed the dictatorship system so far , Very beautiful and pleasant landscapes were lining up. From the open-minded scenery like the southern country, the political smell is diminished, the bright expectations of people living there, and the excitement that makes it lively appear. "There is a perma curler on the hair of a woman serving lunch in a nursery school, which means she is preparing for work when she goes out to work," After being commented to Mr. Inaba, once again looking at people's dress and surroundings, the details of snapshots that seemed casually seemed casually took place, the psychological state of those days was drawn as if it were full I notice that there is. A makeup that proudly shines on the casual smile of a woman working in a sugarcane field. Parent and child of a black who is allowed to swim at the beach for the first time and bathes dazzlingly. Children wearing pure white shirts and posing in front of new apartment houses.

Photographed by Kondo Akitoshi


How did people's consciousness and life change in Cuba after the revolution? This exhibition communicates the influence of the revolution that can not be talked about in the context of "Success or failure" with the sense of the minds of the people of Ichii that are rarely picked up in the news. "Buena Vista (a wonderful view)" which is also the name of the most famous band in this country seemed to be a word that expresses well the feelings of the people living in this country. The exhibition is until April 1st (Sunday), so please visit it by all means.

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1977 downtown Tokyo born. It is a weakness in the contemporary art and FISHMANS and Hitoshi Matsumoto and Tsunashima hot spring.

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