The official catalog of Essence, the solo exhibition by acclaimed Cuban photographer Raúl Cañibano presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), is now available for purchase on Amazon. This full-color publication of [number of pages] pages offers a carefully curated selection of works shown between October 6 and November 17, 2023, enriched by curatorial texts authored by Jens G. Rosenkrantz Jr. and the MoCAA curatorial team. Together, they provide a critical framework for understanding the aesthetic and conceptual depth of the exhibition.
Curated by Jens G. Rosenkrantz Jr. in collaboration with MoCAA’s curatorial staff, Essence unfolds as an intimate and poetic journey. Through a constellation of images—ranging from portraits of children and the elderly to depictions of Cuba’s urban and rural environments—Cañibano explores human presence, memory, and the transient light of daily life. His photographs balance immediacy with reflection, rendering ordinary encounters into resonant acts of seeing
Beyond its role as a visual record, the catalog functions as an essential curatorial and educational tool. It invites readers to reflect on themes of identity, temporality, and collective memory while extending the impact of Essence far beyond the museum walls. With high-quality reproductions and bilingual texts in Spanish and English, this edition stands as both a scholarly resource and a collector’s piece within the field of contemporary photography.
Brief Note on Raúl Cañibano
Born in Havana in 1961, Raúl Cañibano has forged a singular visual poetics grounded in the everyday realities of Cuban life. His practice documents anonymous faces, urban decay, and rural traditions, all suffused with a rare intimacy and humanistic depth. Internationally recognized, his work has been featured in exhibitions such as Cuba Real at the FotoFocus Biennial in Cincinnati (2022), and his publications—including Absolut Cuba and PHotoBolsillo—are circulated widely in Spain and Europe. Today, Cañibano is regarded as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Latin American photography.
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