Osvaldo Salas
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March 29, 1914
Osvaldo Salas | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1914 |
| Died | May 5, 1992 (aged 78)[3][1][4] Havana, Cuba |
| Known for | Photograph of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro[5][6] |
Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire (March 29, 1914 – May 5, 1992), was a Cuban-American photographer, remembered for his famous image of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro in Cuba, circa 1960, and for his prolific documentation of American Major League Baseball—and, in particular, the influx of minority players—during the 1950s, all of which now resides in the collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.[7]
Born in Havana, Cuba, Salas was the first of three children raised by Antonio Salas Martinez and Ramona Freyre.[8]
Notable photos by Salas
Exhibitions
Collections
His works are in the collections of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum,[7] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[14] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[15] Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba; Center for Cuban Studies, New York, NY; Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione, Parma University, Parma, Italy; Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba; Galleria IF, Milan, Italy; Galleria Il Diafragma Kodak, Milan, Italy; Maison de la Culture de la Seine Saint-Denis, Paris, France; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.
