Magnum Print Room, London
3 December 2008 - 30 January 2009

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban revolution on 1 January 2009, Magnum Photos presented an exhibition of vintage and contemporary prints, the content of which shows the agency’s long engagement with the country.

Included are Eve Arnold’s pre-revolution images shot in 1954, the unfolding of events in 1959 by Burt Glinn, portraits of the main protagonists, Fidel and Che by Rene Burri and Elliott Erwitt and latterly of modern life under Castro in the crumbling beauty of Havana by Alex Webb, David Alan Harvey and Christopher...