Cuban photographer Jaime Prendes, known for his work in his hometown of Isla de la Juventud, passed away on Sunday. in the special municipality.
“We have just heard the news of the death of Jaime Prendes, the Eye of the Isle of Pines and one of the best photographers in Cuba,” the magazine published. The Bearded Cayman on your Facebook profile.
Prendes lost his wife, the poet Bellasoe Cobas, on March 12 after a long battle with cancer. The couple leaves behind a 14-year-old girl.
The model Claudia Santanach, who lives in the Canary Islands in Spain, said: “I am in shock, I just want to thank you very much for teaching me the world of photography and modeling. It was you who put the bug in it. Me and you don’t know how much I thank you. You were the best photographer for me, I will always have you and my beautiful Bella in my heart. “
For his friend Julio César Sánchez, “an artist has died. A good man. He had the strength to do anything but live without Bella.”
Sánchez said the following words when Prendes said goodbye to mourning: “There you are, in the anthology of erotic photography in Cuba, a summary of all times. There you are, in the movies of Fernando PérezThere you are, in the unblemished passion of those who never tire of creating. Your work is irreverent, clumsy and beautiful poetry. “
“Jaime, son of Camila and Jesús. He has three daughters. He was born in Placetas. It was November 21, 1966. Today is March 21, Poetry Day, the day of the birth of the flower world. 21 is a sacred number. It is as if cosmic equilibria followed the paths of his time. Today we will talk about life, about Prendes’ footprint in the streets of his time, on the edges of leaves, on the marble of the pines, in naked bodies, in life with wings to reach impossible horizons, ”he added.
Friend of joy and loyalty. He was not the son of hate but of love. A poet of light has died, ”he concluded.
One of Prendes’ most notable exhibitions was The act of realizing, with about 30 images featuring the “new man”.