"Much of today's most exuberant, most creative and most telling imagery can be found in the street. All over the world, the street has become a public art gallery of visual icons, each city with permanent collections and temporary exhibits, each country with its own much-loved identity." "Cuba has a unique place in these international street galleries. Its colonial past and its revolution, invoked everywhere in utopian images, have created something vibrantly distinct. Beyond the ideology, the streets provide a venue to enjoy the nostalgia of the chrome trim and high tail fins of 1950s automobiles, Cohiba cigars, pre-Revolution Coke signs, the ever-popular Bacardi and all the excitement of the Buena Vista Social Club." "Barry Dawson's photographic eye captures it all in an inspirational, all-color ideas book for designers, an evocative medley of impressions for visitors - and would-be visitors - to Cuba and an entertaining cornucopia for the visually curious."--Jacket.
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