{"product_id":"9781941423905","title":"The Light in Cuban Eyes: Lake Forest College's Madeleine P. Plonsker Collection of Contemporary Cuban Photography","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2002, art collector and philanthropist Madeleine P. Plonsker began traveling to Cuba to uncover Havana’s thriving art scene. \u003ci\u003eThe Light in Cuban Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eLake Forest College’s Madeleine P. Plon­sker Collection of Contemporary Cuban Photography \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on Cuban photography between 1992 and 2012. These years cover Cuba’s “Special Period,” a desperate time resulting from the with­drawal of financial support from the former Soviet Union that continues to present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifty artists represented in this bilingual book—includ­ing Juan Carlos Alom, Adrián Fernández Milanés, Marta María Pérez Bravo, Cirenaica Moreira, and Glenda León—shoot their worlds in styles ranging from fabulist to gritty. This is world-class work, yet the artists are often known only to the small population of collectors fortunate enough to have traveled to this tightly re­stricted country, or through art world reputations that have only recently started to expand beyond the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Forest College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039847334128,"sku":"9781941423905","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781941423905_p0.jpg?v=1763758391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781941423905","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}