
{"id":304751,"date":"2024-06-30T21:35:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T01:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=304751"},"modified":"2024-06-30T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T01:35:08","slug":"eye-on-the-viewer-armando-zambrana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/eye-on-the-viewer-armando-zambrana\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye on the viewer: Armando Zambrana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armando Zambrana was born in 1962 in Havana, the city where he lives and has created most of his work, which is nourished by street events, the daily pulse of his ordinary characters, simple beings who carry out the hard job of living in quite unfavorable conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zambrana is a hunter of moments. It seems as if the photographs were offering themselves to him, that he only presses the shutter and obtains the aesthetically achieved image, that of multiple interpretations, which makes us stop and reflect. But we know that is not so. His trained eye selects angles, chooses the light, decides the speed with which the diaphragm must open and close, in an act that has resulted from continued exercise, constant study, and \u2015 perhaps most importantly \u2015 his alert conscience of witness. He is a man who sets the flashes of reality that most sensitize him, that exalt or injure him, but that he must capture at all costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am sure that the Cubans of the future will also have to turn to Zambrana\u2019s photographs to know what we were like when the imperfect beings of today dreamed of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In passing, before giving him the floor and the space to show his images, I will say that our photographer works in the Office of the City Historian, an activity that he alternates with collaborations in national publications such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salsa Cubana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revista Tablas,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opus Habana<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Of the many awards he has obtained, we highlight two: First Prize in the Chenard Pi\u00f1a contest of the Union of Journalists of Cuba (1993); and First Prize from the University of Quito, Ecuador, at the Expo Cuba Siglo XX (1999). In addition to documentary photography, he has cultivated architectural and theatrical photography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I started photography in the 1980s, as a photojournalist for <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bohemia<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine; there, in its analog laboratory, I learned the secrets of the trade. Then I studied for a degree in Visual Communication.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press photography constitutes the support of my work in the world of images. For this reason, street photography is the main source from which I draw to communicate, develop, and reflect states of mind in the multiplicity of contexts that document social reality in its diverse circumstances; in these pieces, the subjects assume the leading role in their relationship with certain objects and scenarios that encourage dialogue, reflection and interpretation by the viewer.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I show below are photos belonging to three of my series.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Photo captions are from the interviewee].<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304755\" style=\"width: 824px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304755\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"824\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-2-1.jpg 824w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-2-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-2-1-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-2-1-750x481.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family watches the visit of then-President Obama to Havana on television. \u201cConvocatoria\u201d (Convocation), Havana, 2016. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304757\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304757\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-3-1.jpg 628w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-3-1-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The reflection of a woman in the mirror of a salesman at the door of the house. N\/t, Havana, 2007. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304758\" style=\"width: 998px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304758\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-4-1.jpg 998w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-4-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-4-1-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-4-1-750x550.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mother takes a TV set to be repaired. In the same construction cart that she used to transport the set, she changes her baby\u2019s diaper and puts him to bed while she waits for her turn. \u201cSue\u00f1os de cemento\u201d (Cement dreams), Havana, 1996. From the \u201cCuba por dentro\u201d (Cuba inside) series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304759\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304759\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-5-1.jpg 693w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-5-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-5-1-360x504.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boy plays during a downpour on the porch of his house. He covers himself with an old towel. \u201cMe llueve el alma\u201d (My soul is raining), Havana, 1997. From the \u201cCuba por interior\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304760\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304760\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-6-1.jpg 605w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-6-1-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man stares at me when the car he is traveling in stops in front of the then Payret movie theater. \u201cLa Muerte\u201d (Death), Havana, 2006. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304761\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304761\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304761\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1.jpg 966w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-7-1-750x536.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pioneer greets me while I take the photo of a bricklayer who, at the same time, is being watched attentively by the heroes in the paintings, on the wall of a family home. \u201cContemplaci\u00f3n viva\u201d (Living Contemplation), Havana, 2011. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304762\" style=\"width: 1016px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-8-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304762\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1016\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-8-1.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-8-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-8-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-8-1-750x492.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pregnant woman poses with the doll that will be for her unborn girl. \u201cCentinela de la inocencia\u201d (Sentinel of Innocence), Havana, 2010. From the series \u201cPeque\u00f1os pecados\u201d (Little Sins).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304763\" style=\"width: 992px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-9-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304763\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-9-1.jpg 992w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-9-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-9-1-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-9-1-750x486.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a move, a portrait of Che is moved from one end of the city to the other, among the few valuable belongings of its owner. \u201cEl viaje\u201d (The journey), Havana, 2022. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304764\" style=\"width: 988px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-10-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304764\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-10-1.jpg 988w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-10-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-10-1-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-10-1-750x470.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The variety of Cuban streets, their people, pustules and joys&#8230;. \u201cAmo Cuba\u201d (I Love Cuba), Havana, 2006. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304765\" style=\"width: 1150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304765\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1-1024x668.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1-750x489.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-11-1-1140x743.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man stands between the lens and the scene I intended to portray&#8230; And the result of the image considerably improved! Towards and backward the initial purpose of showing one of the domes of the Alicia Alonso theater and the feet of a street sweeper is achieved. \u201cKil\u00f3metro Cero\u201d (Kilometer zero), Havana, 2007. From the series \u201cCuba por dentro\u201d (Cuba inside).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304767\" style=\"width: 1162px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304767\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1162\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1-750x492.jpg 750w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-13-1-1140x749.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1162px) 100vw, 1162px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A shoe repair shop where workers, apparently, find love at first sight. \u201cLa Popular,\u201d Havana, 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304766\" style=\"width: 1056px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304766\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-12-1-750x521.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflection of everyday life. Subject trying to sell fresh fish in Compostela, one of the streets of Havana. \u201cPermuta\u201d (House swap), Havana, 2014. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304768\" style=\"width: 1005px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304768\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1005\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-14-1.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-14-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-14-1-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-14-1-750x472.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bag repairman shows the way to his client. The photo shows the counterpoint between the poster and the woman\u2019s t-shirt. \u201cAntagonismo\u201d (Antagonism), Havana, 2012. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304769\" style=\"width: 964px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-15-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304769\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-15-1.jpg 964w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-15-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-15-1-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-15-1-750x549.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a Havana tenement house, an old TV set, an extinct model, is being repaired. The neighbors do everything possible to get the set working again. \u201cProceratosaurus,\u201d Havana, 2010. From the \u201cFree\u201d series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304770\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-16-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-304770\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-16-1.jpg 614w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ZAMBRANA-16-1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armando Zambrana. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armando Zambrana was born in 1962 in Havana, the city where he lives and has created most of his work, which is nourished by street events, the daily pulse of his ordinary characters, simple beings who carry out the hard job of living in quite unfavorable conditions. Zambrana is a hunter of moments. 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