Author(s): Kevin Kwan

Photography

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, "I Was Cuba" is a riveting and original look at Cuban history seen through the collection of Ramiro Fernandez, the world's largest archive of Cuban photos and ephemera. Spanning vernacular and exceedingly rare images from the nineteenth century through the revolutionary period, "I Was Cuba" showcases the everyday, the eccentric, and the unknown. It includes text from famed Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas ("Before NightFalls") and an interview with Ramiro Fernandez by People en Espanol editor Peter Castro.