Absolut Revolution: Revisiting the Cuban image of the sixties (1959-1969)

Abstract

This paper focuses on the photographic images produced in Cuba between 1959 and 1969, analyses the formation in the advertising world for most photographers that reflect the revolution, compares their visions with the prospects offered by photographers who visited Cuba in mentioned period, traces the subsequent uses of these photos on the poster, the policy graph and international exhibitions, and puts into perspective the hegemonic historiographical discourses on the image “revolutionary.”