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Book - Cuba 1959 

Burt Glinn 

Incredible photographs of the Cuban Revolution as it unfolded. Includes iconic and unseen images.
New Year’s Eve, 1958, 10pm: Magnum photographer Burt Glinn is at a black tie party in New York when he hears news that dictator Fulgencio Batista has fled Cuba. By 7am the next morning, he is in Havana in a cab, saying, “Take me to the revolution”.
Such photojournalistic fervour allowed Glinn to be in the middle of the action to capture the Cuban Revolution as it unfolded on the ground. As Glinn said, “I could get up as close as I wanted.” His magnificent photographs convey the revolutionary idealism,... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. January 1st, Batista has fled and there... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New years Day in Havana, confusion is... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New Years Day, CASTRO sympathizers form... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1959. A "pickup militia" searching a building... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New Year Days, police station, Castro... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New years day and crowds form spontaneous... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. January the 1st, News vendor with headlines... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. The Havana Hilton Hotel in the hands of... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. "Fidelistas" take over the Hilton Hotel... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New Years Day, Suddenly everyone is a... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 3, 1959. Havana mother whose rebel son... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1959. The beginning of the "barbudos" arriving... 

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CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. Castro and his people were coming... 

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CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. In Front of the city hall of Santa Clara,... 

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CUBA. 1959. Fidel Castro and his rebel army stop along the roadside... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Thousands of supporters flocked in front... 

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CUBA. Havana. 1959. CASTRO Fidel in his office during the first... 

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CUBA. Havana. 2001. Photographer Burt GLINN with Fidel CASTRO... 

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CUBA. Matanzas. 1959. Fidel Castro on his way toward Havana. 

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CUBA. Havana. 1959.

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CUBA. 1959. 

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CUBA. Matanzas. 1959. Cuban rebel during Castro's march toward... 

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CUBA. 1959. 

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CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. Fidel Castro speaking in front of the... 

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CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. Fidel Castro speaking in front of the... 

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

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CUBA. Havana. January 1, 1959. People arm themselves in the street... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Abandoned tanks are parked at the Havana... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1, 1959. People arm themselves in the street... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1, 1959. People arm themselves in the street... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. January 1st, Batista has fled and there... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. The first days of the liberation of Havana,... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. On new year's days, CASTRO sympathizers... 

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CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. CASTRO sympathizers form an adhoc militia... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1959. Armed men search government offices... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. On new year's days, CASTRO sympathizers... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New years Day in Havana, confusion is... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Supporters of Castro searching streets... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. The first days of the liberation of Havana,... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. On new year's days, CASTRO sympathizers... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1959. A "pickup militia" goes into a building... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 2, 1959. Castro men wearing identifying... 

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CUBA. Santa Clara. 1959. CASTRO sympathizers form an adhoc militia... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Castro revolutionary troops wearing "26... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1, 1959. On New Years Day, an unknown man... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New Years Day, police station, CASTRO... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. CASTRO's partisans have made an office... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1959. A man sits in the street and cleans... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 1959. The first big rally in Havana, taking... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Armed citizens stand watch over the rally... 

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CUBA. Havana. January 8, 1959. Soldiers from the hills talk with... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. After Batista left La Havana, Castro's... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Around the University of Havana, students... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. New Year Days, suddenly everyone is a... 

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

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CUBA. 1959. 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. CASTRO's partisans who fought with him... 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. The "Barbudos" arrive in Havana. 

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CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Bystanders on the roof of a building and... 
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