Jorge Gavilondo "cubangallery.net"

Born in Chicago in 1949 to Cuban parents, Jorge has lived in Havana since 1950.

He is a Senior Scientist with a Doctorate degree in Biological Sciences, has published over 100 articles in specialized scientific journals, and is the recipient of national and international distinctions and awards.

His love affair with photography began as a boy using his father’s Leica C, and since very young his attention was drawn mainly to blank and white urban documentary photography. High-resolution digital photography, with its possibilities to capture and evaluate images instantly, stimulated a more intense and systematic stage in Jorge’s photographic work. Jorge has built in under four years an impressive archive of 50 000 + photos, many of Cuba and its people, but also shot in other parts of the world. Color is now playing an important role in his photographic production, and his thematic interests have been recently expanded to include ballet and dance.

Jorge V. Gavilondo is a member of the Fondo Cubano de la Imagen Fotografica (Cuban Fund for the Photographic Image). He has lectured on Digital Photography in international courses developed at the “José Martí ” International Journalism Institute in Havana. Jorge’s images are in private collections in Cuba, Mexico and the United States.