NEW YORK, NY.- Cuba in Revolution, at the International Center
of Photography through January 9, 2011, covers one of the most
spectacular political events of the twentieth century, the Cuban
Revolution of 1959. The improbable overthrow of the dictator
Fulgencio Batista by a band of young communist guerrillas and
intellectuals was a momentous occasion not only politically but
also creatively, changing the way we think about the power of
reportage photography and the role of photojournalism in our
modern society. Tracing the movement from the triumphal entry of
the rebels into Havana on January 1, 1959, through the abortive
Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of
October 1962, this exhibition shows the tremendous influence of
photography in recording and encouraging the revolutionary
movement in Cuba. Cuba in Revolution explores everyday life in
Cuba before and after the Revolution and considers the ways in
which both Cuban and foreign photojournalists helped construct
the image of the Revo