Thursday, November 19th took place the inauguration of the documentary photographic exhibition “Elliott Erwitt Havana Club 7 Fellowship” at the Havana Club Rum Museum. Who is Elliott Erwitt and what is the exhibition about?
Elliott Erwitt is a Legendary Magnum photographer that had the opportunity to shoot original iconic images and candid close-ups of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro during an assignment for Newsweek more than 50 years ago.
His lifelong love of photography has finally taken him back to Cuba last summer.
The exhibition is an initiative of “Elliott Erwitt Havana Club 7 Fellowship”, the Fellowship is a joint program between Havana Club International and Elliott Erwitt. The idea is 7 selected photos are sold to finance a new talented photographer to travel to Cuba to create their own unique body of work that captures the soul of Cuba and to continue the legacy that Elliott Erwitt started in 2015. They will, in turn, donate a selection of 7 of their own photos to give a new photographer the change to continue the documentation of Cuba.On the Fellowship, Elliott Erwitt says ‘It is so important to document Cuba at this time because this will become Cuba’s legacy and it is inspiring that Havana Club 7 has taken the initiative in creating this opportunity.’
Elliott Erwitt’s new images, taken last summer, are now on exhibit alongside the original 1964 photographs at the Havana Club Rum Museum gallery “Havana Cultura” for the next two months. The gallery is located at Avenida de Puerto esquina Sol, Habana Vieja, La Habana.
If you want to know more about ‘The Elliott Erwitt Havana Club 7 Fellowship’, I recommend you to have a look on this website: http://www.havana-fellowship.com/
Elliott Erwitt has spent a lifetime documenting the United States and his work now stands as a testament to what it means to be American. From grandstanding politicians and celebrity culture to cinematic vistas, Erwitt’s vision of the nation manages to be both unique in perspective and universal in influence. Here, he captures a New York City scene in 1950.
