PAN CON
CROQUETA by Kirstin Schmitt
City portrait / documentary photography / Street photography / On-Going Long Term Project / a selections of 24 photos / 31,5cm x 31,5cm / 2012 - 2019 / La Habana, Cuba / Awarded and exhibited as work in progress / two Print editions
„En cientos de ocasiones he escuchado las voces de La Habana, sus secretos y sentía el pulso de la ciudad."
Alejo Carpentier
The series is a photographic psychoanalysis but even more a declaration of love to a city that succeeds to glow even in decay: „La Habana! - the most beautiful, miraculous, vital & craziest city, morally depraved & gracefully at the same time, with a bittersweet sadness in their entrails…“
SOLO - EXHIBITIONS
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-Gallery „Julio Larramendi,“ La Habana, Cuba 2015
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-FIAU-Foro itinerante de arte urbano (urban art festival), La Habana Cuba 2015
COLLECTIVE - EXHIBITIONS
- Alianza Francesa de La Habana, „Traditions - contemporary Cuban photography,“ June 2016
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-Sociedad Dante Alighieri, Habana Vieja, „Traditions - contemporary Cuban photography, April 2016
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-during the 12. BIENAL DE LA HABANA; presented by FUNDACIÓN CAGUAYO, Cuba 2015
ART FAIRS
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-ART BASEL MIAMI - SCOP ART SHOW, Miami, USA, 2015
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-ART BASEL MIAMI - SCOP ART SHOW, Miami, USA, 2014
AWARDS
- „Honorable mention at „THE FAMILY OF MEN“ by IPA-International Photography Awards 2016, USA, professional competition, category: Love
- "Honorable mention" at IPA-International Photography Awards 2015; USA ( in 2 categories: Editorial: Photo Essay & Feature Story / Deeper Perspective )
PRINTS - EDITIONS
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-#01 Edition ROBADO - 30 pieces / 20cm x 20cm / Kodak paper / 24 pieces got stolen during the exhibition
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-#02 Edition MALTRATADO - 24 pieces / 33,5cm x 33,5cm / Kodak paper / PVC / 24 pieces got mistreated during the exhibition
CREDITS
Artist KIRSTIN SCHMITT (Berlin/Habana)
Field producer & assistant JUAN ARÍSTIDES OTAMENDIZ (Habana)
Co-producer MAREN SCHMITT (Berlin)
Production house SAILOR`S YARN (Berlin)
