PB PHOTO CENTRE to Present CUBA: Contrasting Visions, Opening April 9

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - March 23, 2015 - PRLog -- Palm Beach Photographic Centre to Present

CUBA: Contrasting Images

Curated by Internationally Renowned Digital

Photographer Vincent Versace

Public is Invited to Opening Reception on April 9

(West Palm Beach, FL – March 23, 2015) Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the world-renowned Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC), today announced that the next exhibition would be CUBA: Contrasting Visions. Opening April 9 this exhibition will present more than 200 images taken during four different FOTOshoots in Havana and the surrounding countryside over the last year.

Vincent Versace, the internationally recognized pioneer in the art and science of digital photography, is curating the exhibition that will include more than 80 of his own photographs. The remaining photos were all taken by Palm Beach Photographic Centre students, who participated in the photo shoots on 14 different days, including Carol Booth, Michael Holstein, Eric Isicoff, Jay Koenigsburg, Ken Kurzweil, Tommy Morrison, Carol Roberts and Leslie Slatkin.

"Much of Cuba has been left untouched since 1959, with beautiful beaux arts and art deco buildings, now crumbling into accelerated decrepitude,” says Versace. “Because the country has been so isolated and untouched for so long, the people have a sense of innocence and openness that is unique.”

"Even though I describe the Cuban experience as complexities made up of many little things, I want people who view this exhibition to see the hope in the people and their indomitable human spirit, even while living in the most difficult of places,” he says, adding that it was important to capture these incredible images, “the interesting plainness of Cuba today before the thundering herds start arriving in waves” now that a half century of travel restrictions are starting to lift.

The public is invited to the opening reception for CUBA: Contrasting Visions on Thursday, April 9, from 6 to 8 p.m.

About Vincent Versace:

Vincent Versace is one of Nikon’s founding Nikon Ambassadors and is widely considered to be one of the top photography artists and visual storytellers of this era. He is a recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment and the Shellenberg fine art award. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History and has been published in American Photo, Popular photography, The New York Times, Shutterbug, Outdoor Photography and numerous other publications. Mr. Versace is the author of several best selling books, and has been an active participant at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s annual FOTOfusion for more than 15 years.

About the Palm Beach Photographic Centre:

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre is a 501(c)3 nonprofits arts organization dedicated to the enhancement of community through the photographic arts. It is located at the downtown City Center municipal complex at 415 Clematis Street in downtown West Palm Beach. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, please call 561.253.2600 or visit www.workshop.org or www.fotofusion.org.

Available for Interview:

Fatima NeJame

Palm Beach Photographic Centre

561.253.2600

fatima@fotofusion.org

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