Antillean subject photographed I Sachy Labrada Armas

Artistic photography first burst onto the scene in the Antillean region in the 1960s.The islands that form the Spanish-speaking Caribbean took the lead when it came to the development of this genre, essentially Cuba, which has a vast and important photographic tradition. In these territories it had an important social outreach function serving as a reflection of their complex socio-political situations. Gradually, other insular enclaves merged paths with Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, equally rich in their formal quality and conceptual depth. In a certain way, contemporary photography burst forth in those years from the historic and artistic difference that characterized the development of photographic art on the Caribbean islands. It reached a great degree of homogeneity on the most important islands, also apparent in the artists’ subject matter. These were generally linked to common issues in the region’s territories, considering their logical-historical differences.

Sachy Labrada Armas
Sachy Labrada Armas born in 1990, studied at the University of La Havane and worked at ICRT, Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television.

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http://aica-sc.net/2014/04/17/antillean-subject-photographed-sachy-labrada-armas/ 

Articulos en espanol :
http://aica-sc.net/2014/04/17/sujeto-antillano-fotografiado-sachy-labrada-armas/

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