BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Center for Photography (VCP) plans to present an artist talk with photographer and educator Magdalena Solé in conjunction with her solo exhibition “Cuba Hasta Siempre” on display at VCP through June 26.
The talk will be held Friday, June 24, at 6 p.m. at VCP, 49 Flat St. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Magdalena Solé is an award-winning photographer known for her sensitive expressions of culture through distinctive color artistry. Since 2011 she has been documenting the change that is gripping Cuba, according to a news release.
Solé says: “When I arrived in Cuba for the first time, I was transported to the time and place of my childhood in Spain. It was so unexpected.”
The Wall Street Journal called her images “lushly colorful, formally striking, restless, and electrifying.”
Her photographs have appeared widely, inluding in The Wall Street Journal, La Lettura, Leica Fotografie International, South x Southeast, and on ABC News.
In 2011, Solé was selected as a PDN Photo Annual Finalist for “Mississippi Delta,” a series featuring the oft-overlooked community of the iconic Delta region, and was awarded the Silver Prize at Slow Exposures, Concord, Ga.
“New Delta Rising,” a hardcover book featuring her work published by the University Press of Mississippi, won the Silver Award at PX3 Prix de la Photographie, France.
Magdalena Solé speaks seven languages and has lived in New York City since 1984.