Welcome to my world since the beginning of the summer. Here I am working on my laptop surrounded by over 320 images on eight giant boards, which feature full-size images being considered for the Vanishing Cuba book. Carefully curated and paired up to replicate each spread in the book. Sometimes moving them around to end up with the best possible combinations. If you want to know what the book will look like, you need to see it, feel it, and live it.
This, of course, follows years and months of editing, production decisions, and design choices. It’s been an incredible journey. I was prepared for much of it, but I can now say that I never realized the sheer magnitude of this project. It took on a life of its own.
The book goes to press in exactly six weeks. I can’t wait for you all to see it!
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FUJILOVE MAGAZINE FEATURES VANISHING CUBA
FUJILOVE Magazine first featured my Cuba photography in their July 2021 issue (see blog post), and now they surprise me with a 16-page spread in their September issue, this time featuring my Vanishing Cuba book. Wow! Please have a look at this wonderful interview by Stephanie Baxter, Managing Editor for FujiLove.
PLAIN MAGAZINE FEATURES VANISHING CUBA
After 24 trips to Cuba and over tens of thousands of photographs, American photographer Michael Chinnici is releasing his new coffee table book, Vanishing Cuba. Documented in the 348-page large-format book is a collection of arresting visuals that map out the past, present, and future of Cuba, along with emotional stories, fantastic scenery, and lifelong friendships the photographer has made along the way.
Captured in the most endearing and honest light, the book is accompanied by text in both English and Spanish, narrated by Cuban friends through meaningful essays. Through his lens, Chinnici digs deep into the soul of a country, and the results, as you can see from the images below, are breathtaking.
MIAMI LIBRARY’S VIRTUAL AUTHOR SERIES: MICHAEL CHINNICI PRESENTS “VANISHING CUBA”
The Miami-Dade Public Library System, with 48 branches, has asked Michael Chinnici to present Vanishing Cuba at their Virtual Authors Series.
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