Las Crónicas de Cuba
Inspired by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, JR's Chronicles series explores how an entire city—or, in this case, a country—can be represented through art.
In December 2019, JR and his team traveled across Cuba with a mobile photographic studio, visiting 12 cities and meeting hundreds of Cubans from all walks of life. Each participant was invited to express themselves in their own way before being photographed and recording their voice in an audio booth.
The result is Las Crónicas de Cuba, a striking photographic mural featuring 845 individuals, offering an intimate window into the social fabric of the nation. As JR's first Chronicles project created in Spanish, it captures the depth and diversity of Cuban identity through personal stories and collective representation.
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A PROJECT BY JR
JR TEAM
- Executive Producer
- Marc Azoulay
- Creative Director
- Camille Pajot
- Production
- Maud Malfettes, Luana Saltiel, assisted by Luis German Gomez, Aleš Josifovski and Corentin Vignet
- Interviewer
- Maya Dagnino
- Digitech
- Rick Rose
- Photo assistant
- Melvyn Bonnaffé
- Photographic Post-Production
- Fabien Barrau
- Behind-The-Scenes Documentarian
- Tasha Van Zandt
LOCAL TEAM
- AT Producciones
- Ananda Morera, Taimi Antúnez, Claudia Bueno
- Production assistants
- Lisandro Ysada, Leandro Chávez, Amed Rodríguez, Laura Araño
- Audio editing
- Damián Rubiera
- Audio transcription and translation
- Teresa Fernandez Gonzalez, María Angélica Fernández González
The team would like to warmly thank the 875 participants of the mural from Santiago de Cuba, Guantànamo, Baracoa, Holguín, Bayamo, Las Tunas, Camagüey, Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, Pinar del Río, La Habana
This project would not have been possible without the help of Jorge Fernández Torres, Director del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Laura Arañó Arencibia, Curadora del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; Jorge Alfonso García (alias Chicho); Norma Rodríguez Derivet (Consejo Nacional de Artes Plásticas).
With the active collaboration of JR’s studios in NYC, Paris and Geneva, including: Marc Berrebi, Julie Pugeat, Camille Garnier, Quentin Besnard, Mauve Chalandon, Valentin Crépain, Louis Joubert, Marion Charlot, Damariz Damken, Emma Berrebi, Noemi Finel, Emma Bertin.
JR is represented by Galerie Perrotin, Galleria Continua, PACE, Nara Roesler and Simon Studer Art.
DIGITAL EDITION
- Mapping and content management
- Jaime Scatena
- Co-Production
- Alan Sternberg
- Co-Production
- Matej Balantic
Tap on a person to listen to their story. You can also move around and zoom.