About the book:
CUBA – This Moment, Exactly So is a one-of-a-kind Fine Art coffee table photography book, created from 20 years of shooting in Cuba by award-winning photographer Lorne Resnick.
Featuring over 250 extraordinary color and black-and-white photos, Cuba: This Moment, Exactly So provides a stunning portrait of the vitality of Cuban culture, the beauty of the island, and the enduring spirit of the Cuban people. Uniquely organized around 32 micro-stories by two-time Pulitzer Prize–nominated author Brian Andreas (printed on translucent vellum) and featuring a foreword by celebrated author Pico Iyer, this deluxe coffee table book provides an immersive experience that combines gorgeous visuals, poignant stories, and lavish production values.
There are three versions of the book: All three versions feature 336 pages with 250 color and B&W photos. The books measure 12x12x1.5 inches. The two deluxe editions each come with a 60-song Cuban music compilation and eBook.
Limited Edition books are sold out. Some standard edition books are available on Amazon.
However, all images from the book are still available as signed, limited-edition fine art prints here.
Standard Edition Hard Cover Dust Jacket (no music or eBook)
Retail Price: $75.00
Now available only on Amazon.com, other online booksellers and bookstores worldwide.
**New 2nd edition of the book - including 16 new images (no stories in this edition and the book is slightly smaller in length & Width). Available on Amazon here.
Deluxe Red Linen Edition in Slipcase with 60 Song Cuban Music collection and eBook.
$95 SOLD OUT
Deluxe Brown leather in Clamshell book with 60-song Cuban Music collection and eBook.
$695 SOLD OUT
This book is signed, numbered, and limited in edition to 100 copies. The book is bound in leather, and the clamshell is covered in silk. Additionally, there will be a signed limited-edition 14x14 inch printed matted and ready-to-frame (retail price $495) inside the clamshell.
Book Specs:
Publisher: Insight Editions
Title: Cuba: This Moment, Exactly So.
Includes: 250 black+white and color images, from Lorne’s 20-years of shooting in Cuba, along 32 micro stories from two-time Pulitzer Prize nominated poet Brian Andreas, a foreword by noted author Pico Iyer and introduction by art historian Gerry Badger. The limited edition version includes a 60-song Cuban Music compilation.
Bios:
Lorne Resnick/Photographer is an award-winning fine art and commercial photographer. His striking fine art and commercial images have been exhibited in galleries and have been used commercially for annual reports, billboards, television, web sites and for worldwide advertising campaigns. He currently has eleven fine art posters published of his travel work and is a recipient of the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year award plus numerous commercial photography awards. Lorne’s first book, Live in Concert: 10 Years of Rock and Roll, has become a sought-after chronicle of legendary rock performances from Aerosmith to ZZ Top.
Brian Andreas/Writer is known worldwide for his lyrical & evocative short story writing and is the two-time Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of 12 books including Traveling Light, Some Kind of Ride and Something Like Magic. In 2013 Brian traveled with Lorne to Cuba and wrote new stories for Cuba: This Moment, Exactly So based on his experiences there and the images that Lorne has created in Cuba over the last 20 years.
Gerry Badger/Introduction is a photographer, curator and critic. He has written extensively for the photographic press and has curated a number of photographic exhibitions. Among his books are The Pleasures of Good Photographs (winning the ICP writer of the year award in 2011), Collecting Photography, The Genius of Photography and with Martin Parr, three volumes of The Photobook: A History.
Pico Iyer/Foreword is the author of a dozen books on travel & culture, including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Global Soul and the novel Cuba and the Night. He is also a longtime contributor to Harper’s, Time, Condé Nast Traveler and more than 150 other magazines across the globe. Though he has traveled from Ethiopia to Easter Island and North Korea to Tibet, he often feels that the destination that has excited him most is Cuba.
