Rarefied Light Juror Lecture – Jennifer Spelman

Photographing Cuba: 50 Trips to a Complicated Paradise
 
In over 50 trips to Cuba Jennifer Spelman has been allowed to set complicated politics aside
and instead develop friendships.  Time spent with coconut farmers, ballerinas, fishermen and
musicians have shaped her understanding that to be Cuban is to laugh, love and live deeply. 
Road trips across the island in wheezing 56 Chevy’s have taught Jennifer that Cubans greet
adversity with ingenuity and patience.  She’s grateful to call some of Havana’s best
photographers and most dynamic storyteller’s dear friends.
 
In this evening lecture Jennifer will show a wide range of work and share stories about her time
in Cuba and how it has influenced the way she sees.