Varda/Cuba

By Agnès VardaFrançois HourmantClément Chéroux, et al.

In December 1962, just two months after the missile crisis, Agn s Varda (born 1928) traveled to Cuba. Like many French intellectuals, she was fascinated by this island and its charismatic leader and wanted to make a film to understand this particular mix of pure socialism, sensuality and cha-cha-cha. In order to preserve her freedom of movement, she traded film for still photography, with the idea of subsequently filming and reanimating her photographs with a rostrum camera. Although they had not been devised as art photographs, the shots from Salut les cubains (1964), presented for the first time in this French-language-only book, are of exceptionally high quality, an example of unhindered street photography. We recognize the sharp but always warm-hearted style for which Varda is known, as well as the tension between still and animated images. Agnes Varda: Cuba also compiles Varda's archives--notebooks, sketches and editing notes--along with four illuminating essays. Please note that this title is in the French language only. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2365110851
• ISBN13: 9782365110853
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Editions Xavier Barral
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.4"