Cuba: Photographs by Jeffrey Milstein

I am going to do something a little different for this review. I bought this book for my dad's birthday, he fled Cuba in the late 50s/early 60s and my mother left after a stint in an agricultural labor camp in 67. Both were children when they left, but they remember the city they grew up in. Like most people, they are used to seeing the best pictures of Cuba, the one that shows the beautiful city like a place out of time, the old perfectly maintained cars, the tourist areas. They knew it wasnt really like that, that it was a show for the guests, but this book is an example of the urban decay that crept into the non tourist areas that you dont see as much. I cant really explain the grim expression on my father's face as he turned each page, seeing the reality of the places my mother grew up, the occasional quip my parents made to each other in Spanish about the regime, seeing the street my mother once lived on, technicolor and crumbling. I don't know if it was a good present in retrospect, they knew that the city wasn't in great condition, but the realization of how it was a tad moving for them. Honestly, the pictures are wonderful, grimy, and full of life, and enough to give to cuban refugees an emotional response. Thank you Jeffrey Milstein.

A Gem, an architect's always level camera approach to a country his compatriots until probably next year are not allowed visit, he enters in an humanitarian capacity to the Cuban Jewish community. This is a visual experience, a picture book only, graphically designed as the photographic compositions therein. When the flood gates are opened to US tourists the content of this valuable book will be soon lost, it and other tourist photo-books of lost in time crumbling Cuba will remain the only reliable historic record of a delightful island's everyday built environment. I purchased this book a couple of years ago before going to Cuba, I tried to emulate it, not completely successfully. In a photo-book shooting data should always be included, it is in the appendix.

Beautiful, true to life photography. Small enough to display on a coffee table or side table (don't hide all this color and culture in a bookcase), but does not take away from the images. This was a gift for friends who just returned from a trip to Cuba and they love it. Now I have to order one for me........

A beautiful collection of images. This compact, affordable book will inspire readers. The photos are well composed, and most appear to make great use of natural available light. Refreshingly, there are no cliches.

I recently visited Cuba. Before I went to Cuba, I read just about everything I could get my hand on, from Carlos Eire's story, to the fiction of Graham Greens and, of course, re-read all of Hemingway's books. My favorits is still the Old Man and the Sea, with Santiago being Hemingway's alter ego. Thank you Jeffrey Milstein for capturing Cuba as it really is - its run down and decaying areas to the beautiful island that it is.

This child on the cover carrying that piece of furniture made a wonderful picture for the school children to write little stories about just where they thought he was going with such purpose of direction!

I was lucky enough to visit Cuba this year (2012) and instantly fell in love with its beauty, the sights, the smells, the music, its architecture. This book was a gift for my boss who was born in Cuba but left when she was a very young girl and it brought tears to her eyes. It would be a welcome addition to anyone's collection of photography books.

i was surprised and a bit disappointed to see the relatively small format when I received this book.But the pictures in this book make up for this. I am going to Cuba in two months to photograph, and the pictures in this book are the pictures I would like to shoot. The colorful colonialy style architecture is pictured in well composed photos, often including people.

Cuba is much photographed by professional and amatuer photographers alike and there are some excellent books available.Unfortunately this is not one. This is full of the most ordinary images lacking much in the way of interpretation, timing, use of light or engagement - frankly, I've seemn much more interesting images at at camera club meetings and pretty much any reasonably competent amatuer photographer could gather a selection like this every day in Havana.

Very disappointing, all the pictures are over 10 years old. Not a good representation of what Cuba looks like now.

Great photography in this a bit too small sized book. Nevertheless a good buy with nice well composed and thought off pictures.

Libro forografico decisamente in linea con le mie aspettative. Millstein è un professionista che non ha bisogno di particolari elogi; è sufficiente verificare la sua carriera su internet.

libro molto bello con belle foto, mancano però i panorami di Cuba, foto solo e per la maggior parte di persone