Hopes & Dreams from Cuba

The book is an intimate portrait of the Cubans and their social bonds, developed over a 20-year span, often while the photographer was embedded in their private lives. It also contains a special collaboration with Cubans that have shared their hopes, dreams and aspirations.

About the author

Hilary earned a B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Art History at Hardwick College in 1991. She is an avid traveler with a passion for Latin American culture. In ‘93she moved to Costa Rica to work as a volunteer English teacher with WorldTeach, and later directed an environmental education program at the Rain Forest Aerial Tram. Over the course of seven years, she immersed herself in the culture of Costa Rica as an educator and honed her photography skills. She began her photography career in news and travel for the Tico Times of Costa Rica. At 30, she moved to NYC to study at the International Center of Photography. As a two-time recipient of the ICP/Johnson & Johnson Fellowship, Hilary completed assignments for J & J’s corporate social responsibility at the U.S.-Mexico border, then India and Vietnam. This led to subsequent assignments for international NGOs in the U.S., Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and tsunami-affected regions. Some of her clients include: Covenant House, Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International, MAP International, UN Women, UNHCR and The Clinton Foundation. Her photographs are in a permanent exhibit at Covenant House Headquarters in New York City as a result of a project documenting the plight and rehabilitation of street children in México & Central America. Frequent collaborations with NGOs have allowed Hilary to strengthen her passion as a socially concerned photographer while sensitively being a voice for the marginalized. She has exhibited in Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala and the U.S. In 2001, Hilary assisted master photographer courses for the Maine Photo Workshops’ Havana program. Compelled to share photography with local youth, she developed a photo library and directed the Havana Youth Photo course in 2003. She has also taught in after-school programs in New York City and teaches ESL to new immigrants. Hilary’s international work and experiences in Cuba provided the opportunity to lead people-to-people cultural and photography trips for various travel groups on the island during the last six years.

Summary

The Cuban community has long coped with challenges through ingenuity resulting in a rich culture that has flourished in spite of material scarcity. Yet the emergence of new economic freedoms in recent years means Cubans can now further embrace their enterprising spirit. Hopes & Dreams from Cuba, which publishes during the 60th anniversary year of the Cuban Revolution, features Hilary Duffy's intimate photographs of the everyday lives of the Cuban people taken from 1999-2017. The book highlights a pivotal time of change in Cuba as it is challenged to uphold its social values and unique identity. Duffy's vibrant images of the bustling street life are presented along with her formal portraits accompanied by transcribed interviews with Cubans sharing their hopes, dreams and aspirations. The New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson's essay "SurvivaI in a State of Flux" provides an historical context for Duffy's photographs. The texts in the book are published in English and Spanish. Hilary Duffy is an internationally renowned photographer and educator.

Foreword

Andrea Smith, Publicist National print and online campaign Social Media campaign Promotion through: www.daylightbooks.org

Photo magazines: Aperture, Photo District News, Professional Photographer, B&W, Rangefinder, Shutterbug, Lens Culture, The Photo Review, British Journal of Photography, Digital Photo, Photographer’s Forum, Photo-Eye, among others.

Niche: Travel (Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Departures), US markets with large Cuban populations (Miami, New York, Los Angeles), Hispanic and Latino media, politics (capitalize on the huge global interest in Cuba with the restoration of diplomatic relations between US/Cuba)

General interest publications (art, culture, politics): The New Yorker, Harper’s, The New York Review of Books, Time, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, The Nation, Bookforum, Brooklyn Rail

Trade press: Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Choice

Top Market Newspapers: The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times (UK), Miami Herald

Blogs: Feature Shoot, The Huffington Post, Daily Beast, Lenscratch, aCurator, Lens (The New York Times), Time “Lightbox,” CNN Photo Blog, Business Insider, ABCNews.com, NBCNews.com, MSNBC

Broadcast: NPR programs (national and local), BBC, CNN, Latino media

Additional text

“What Duffy captures in her photos is a presence that animates the streets; the hope that always has been, and always will be a part of the Cuban people.”,
- Musee Magazine

Product details

• Assisted by: Hilary Duffy (Photographs), Duffy Hilary (Photographs)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781942084648
• ISBN: 978-1-942084-64-8
• No. of pages: 108
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 794 g
• Illustrations: 55 color photographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries, TRAVEL / Caribbean & West Indies