Magnum Photos

Exhibition - Cuba: 50 Years of Revolution 

Magnum Photographers 

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... 

Jim Goldberg 2008

G.B. England. london. MagnumPront room. Cuba exhibition. 2008.... 

Jim Goldberg 2008

G.B. England. london. MagnumPront room. Cuba exhibition. 2008.... 

Jim Goldberg 2008

G.B. England. london. MagnumPront room. Cuba exhibition. 2008.... 

Jim Goldberg 2008

G.B. England. london. MagnumPront room. Cuba exhibition. 2008.... 

Jim Goldberg 2008

G.B. England. london. MagnumPront room. Cuba exhibition. 2008.... 

Jim Goldberg 2008

G.B. England. london. MagnumPront room. Cuba exhibition. 2008.... 

Alex Webb 1993

CUBA. Sancti Spiritus. 1993. Baseball fans. 

Alex Webb 2000

CUBA. Havana. 2000. Children playing in a playground. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

CUBA. Guantanamo. March 2006. Camp 5. The maximum security camp... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2006

Havana vieja during a tropical storm, Cuba. 2006 

Antoine d'Agata 1998

CUBA, LA HAVANA. 

Martin Parr 2000

CUBA. Havana. Che Guevara caps. 2000. 

Thomas Hoepker 2008

CUBA, 2008. Miguel Nieto Enamorado. Veteran of the revolution... 

Abbas 1994

CUBA. 1994. Passengers perched on an impossibly small raft leave... 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

CUBA. Havana. Fidel CASTRO (facing camera, to the left). 1964.... 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

CUBA. 1964. Close up of Fidel CASTRO semi profile. 

Eve Arnold 1954

CUBA. Havana. A couple of the floorshow of the Tropicana. 1954... 

Eve Arnold 1954

CUBA. Bahia Honda. Fisherman and family. Island girl. 1954. 

Eve Arnold 1954

CUBA. Havana. Bar girl in a brothel in the red light district.... 

Bob Henriques 1959

CUBA. July 1959. These are the men who helped Fidel Castro in... 

Burt Glinn 1959

CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Fidel CASTRO aboard a military vehicle... 

Burt Glinn 1959

CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. Fidel Castro delivering an hours-long... 

Burt Glinn 1959

CUBA. La Havana. 1959. The American photographer Burt Glinn with... 

Burt Glinn 1959

CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Young "guerillero" in from hiding speaks... 

Rene Burri 1963

CUBA. Havana. Ministry of Industry.
Ernesto Guevara (Che), Argentinian... 

Andrew Saint-George 1959

Commandante Ernesto "Che" GUEVARA is the third man in the Governmental... 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

CUBA. Havana. 1964. CHE GUEVARA. 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

CUBA. Havana. 1964. Che GUEVARA. 

Rene Burri 1974

Havana. Chess players at the "Spanish Club" of the Teatro Garcia... 

Rene Burri 1993

Havana. Plaza José Marti (named after the Cuban national hero... 

Susan Meiselas 1977

CUBA. Havana. 1977. Street along waterfront. 
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