Osvaldo Salas
Also recorded as Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire
Osvaldo Salas
- Name
- Osvaldo Salas
- Birth Name
- Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire
- Born
- 29 March 1914
- Birthplace
- Havana, Republic of Cuba
- Died
- 5 May 1992
- Place of death
- Havana, Cuba
- Known for
- Photograph of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro
- Nationality
- Cuba
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro
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Osvaldo Salas was a photographer, of Cuban nationality. The photographer was born in Havana. Osvaldo Salas was educated at Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro. Works are held at Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Key facts
• Name — Osvaldo Salas • Birth Name — Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire • Born — 29 March 1914 • Birthplace — Havana, Republic of Cuba • Died — 5 May 1992 • Place of death — Havana, Cuba • Known for — Photograph of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro
Early life and career
Early life and career
Born in Havana, Cuba, Salas was the first of three children raised by Antonio Salas Martinez and Ramona Freyre.
Notable photos by Salas
Notable photos by Salas
• Sugar Ray Robinson with training bag (1953) • Felix Montemayor, Roman Mejias and Roberto Clemente (May 30, 1955) • Archie Moore and Rocky Marciano (1956) • Baseball Friction in Cuba (1959) • Ernest Hemingway with Fidel Castro after a Fishing Tournament, June 11, 1960 (1960)
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Group exhibitions of his works include: in 1967, Expo’67, Pabellón Cubano, Montreal; 1985, County Hall, London. 2000, Cuba, A Photographic Journey, The College of Santa Fe;
Articles
Articles
• Tweddle, Christine (January 25, 1992). "Man for All Seasons". The Independent Magazine. pp. 38, 40 • Munoz, Lorenza (January 28, 1999). "Putting a Human Face on Revolution". The Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar. pp. 46, 48
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1914
Osvaldo Salas was born on 29 March 1914.
1992
Osvaldo Salas died on 5 May 1992.
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Osvaldo Salas was born at Havana.
Birthplace
Havana.
Birth place
Books
• Salas, Osvaldo; Salas, Roberto (1997). Ernesto Che Guevara: fotografias, 1960-1964. La Habana: Instituto Cubano del Libro.. • Salas, Osvaldo; Salas, Roberto (1998). Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures. New York: Thunder Mouth's Press..
Collections
Collections
His works are in the collections of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 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.
Documents and archives
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Osvaldo Salas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q16855347: Osvaldo Salas
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- 1."Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992) - Con Hemingway, Fidel Castro, Cuba, 1960". Barnebys.
- 2."Sold at Auction: Osvaldo Salas Freire". Invaluable.com.
- 3.Munoz, Lorenza (January 28, 1999). "Putting a Human Face on Revolution". The Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar. pp. 46, 48. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- 4."Osvaldo Salas Biography". The Annex Gallery. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- 5.Miller, Tom (2008). Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba. New York: Basic Books. p. 17. .
- 6.Bogan, Kelli. "Salas Images at Home in Museum's Collection". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- 7."Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV37-Q94Y : 22 February 2021), Oswaldo Salas Y Freyre, 1928; citing Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication T940 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- 8.Osvaldo Salas, Sugar Ray Robinson with training bag, 1953, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth B. Pearl, 1997. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- 9.Osvaldo Salas, Archie Moore and Rocky Marciano, 1956, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth B. Pearl, 1997.118.32. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- 10.Osvaldo Salas Freire, Ernest Hemingway with Fidel Castro after a Fishing Tournament, June 11, 1960, 1960, gelatin silver print, Ackland Art Museum, Gift of Dr. David L. Craven, 2007.21.2. Ackland Art Museum.
- 11."$100,000 photographic exhibition at Expo" The Ottawa Citizen. January 24, 1967. p.13. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- 12.Januszczak, Waldemar (July 23, 1985). "Galleries Briefing". The Guardian. p. 11. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- 13.Weidman, Paul (January 14, 2000). "Documenting Revolution". The New Mexican: Pasatiempo. p. P18. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- 14."Osvaldo Salas". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
- 15."Osvaldo Salas". SAAM.
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