Juan Carlos Alom

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name=Juan Carlos Alom


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birth_date=December 1964
birth_place=Havana, Cuba
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Juan Carlos Alom (born December 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a well-known Cuban photographer.

Alom is photograher and has worked extensively with "Fototeca de Cuba". At this institution he taught several photgraphy workshops. In 1990, he studied at the "International Institute of Journalism" in Havana, Cuba. Alom worked as a journalist from 1985-1989 at "Editoral Abril" in Havana, Cuba. He is now a free-lance photographer.

Individuals Exhibitions

* 1990 - "Laura", Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
* 1995 - "Arenas Movedizas" together with Luis Gómez this was part of a very large visual event "Una de Cada Clase" organized by Ludwig Fundation in Cuba.
* 1996 - "El voluble rostro de la realidad ", Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales(CDAV), Havana
* 1996 - " The Dark Book/El Libro Oscuro. Juan Carlos Alom", Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York City

Collectives exhibitions

* 1999 - "Latinoamérica 92", Kuntbysningen, Denmark
* 1999 - "Queloides", Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, Havana.
* 2004 - "Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana"; Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona , Spain
* 2004 - "Mapas Abiertos, 100 Años de la Fotografía Latinoamericana", Fundación Telefonica, Madrid, Spain.

Collections

His photographs are collected by many importants institutions and also private art collectors:
* Ludwig Forum for International Art, Germany,
* Fototeca de Cuba, Havana
* IF, Milan, Italy,
* Bronx Museum, New York
* FOTOFEST, Houston, Texas
* Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida

References

* Osvaldo Salas, Roberto Salas, & Gregory Tozian; "Fidel's Cuba: A Revolution in Pictures"; ( Atria Books/Beyond Words 1999); ISBN 978-1560252450
* Jose Veigas-Zamora, Cristina Vives Gutierrez, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon, Dannys Montes de Oca; "Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century"; (California/International Arts Foundation 2001); ISBN 978-0917571114
* Jose Viegas; "Memoria: Artes Visuales Cubanas Del Siglo Xx"; (California Intl Arts 2004); ISBN 978-0917571121