2 21/03/2021 – 5:36 PM (GMT-4)
The excellent Cuban photographer Jaime Prendes, known for his graphic work in the special congregation of Isla de la Juventud, died in that area this Sunday.
The news was confirmed on the artist’s official website, where he called himself “El Ojo de Isla de Pinos”, who suffered the loss of his young wife, the poet nine days ago. Bellasoe Cobas, after a long battle with cancer.
His profile does not state the cause of death, but his friend Lilliana Piedra Quesada said on the social network that Prendes succumbed to a brain aneurysm.
On March 12, Cuban poet Bellasoe Cobas died. Today, March 21, just a few days later, her husband, Jaime Prendes, died of an unforeseen death from a brain aneurysm. He took care of her day and night up to the present time. . of her death. dead. Rest in peace Bellasoe and Jaime, “he said on Facebook.
The Cuban Cultural Magazine Bearded caiman he also reiterated the death of Prendes, whom he described as “one of the best photographers in Cuba”.
Prendes was a man with a passion for Photography, who did all his work in his hometown of Isla de la Juventud.
“His images find, through the symbol, the way to express the changing complexities of human history during the violent Cuban revolution and the consequences of social changes over time,” emphasizes the Cuban critic. .
He has made several exhibitions in Cuba and abroad. One of the most relevant was “The act of realizing”, where his artistic proposal sought to capture a past that we would like to change with a critical eye.
Regarding this exhibition in Havana, some experts felt that “the construction of photography in Prendes seems fragmented between what the pure direct image is and what the concept is”, and they considered him a photographer “of the street looking for. situations and gestures hidden in the vital movement ”and“ dare ”with“ reporter spirit ”.
Dozens of his friends and admirers have expressed sorrow at the loss of an essential figure in the history of pinera photography.
When he and his wife die, they leave behind a 14-year-old girl. His friends claim that the artist fell into a major depression after the death of his partner on March 12.
“I have lost a good friend, Isla de Pinos, a great artist, a thinker, a fighter for Cuban freedom and Pinera autonomy, much has been lost in his disappearance,” said Reinaldo González, activist of the Pinera Autonomy movement. .
“I’m in shock, I’m just saying thank you very much for teaching me the world of photography and modeling, it was you who put the bug in me and you don’t know how much I thank you, that was best photographer for me, i will always have you in my heart, ”said model Claudia Santanach, based in Spain.
With the death of Prendes, Cuban photography has lost two of its greats in recent weeks. On March 3, the director of Photography and National Film Award passed away in Havana. Raúl Pérez Ureta