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Machete and I left Cuba the summer of 1960

Machete and I left Cuba the summer of 1960

Antonio Mendoza
American, born Cuba. 1941
1983
A gelatin silver print by Antonio Mendoza that pairs a candid black-and-white portrait with a typed reminiscence, using image and text to make a private experience of exile visible.
At first the man’s direct, softly lit face and herringbone jacket draw you in against shadowy foliage, then your eye drops to the spare typed paragraph beneath that reframes the picture as a small, intimate account of leaving Cuba.
By combining portraiture with first-person text, the work expands photography’s capacity to carry memory and migrant experience, linking documentary realism with personal narrative and confession.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet 14 × 10 7/8" (35.5 × 27.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of the Joel W. Solomon Estate
Accession
476.1984.50
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