Cuban photographer Jaime Prendes, known for his work on Isla de la Juventud, died Sunday. in the special municipality.
“I just found out the news of the death of Jaime Prendes, the Eye of the Pine Island and one of the best photographers in Cuba,” the magazine published. The bearded Cayman on your Facebook profile.
Prendes lost his wife, the poet Bellasoe Cobas, on March 12, after a long battle with cancer. The couple leaves behind a 14-year-old girl.
Model Claudia Santanach, who lives in the Canary Islands, Spain, said: “I’m in shock, I’m just saying thank you so much for teaching me the world of photography and modeling. You put the bug in you. “And you don’t know how much I thank you. You were the best photographer for me, I will always have you and my beautiful Bella in my heart.”
For his friend Julio César Sánchez, “an artist died. A good man. He had the power for anything but living without Bella.”
Sánchez said the following words of farewell to Prendes: “Here, in the anthology of erotic photography in Cuba, is a summary of all times. Here you are, in Fernando Pérez’s films. Here you are, in the unbridled passion of those who never tire of creating. Your work is an irreverent, awkward and beautiful poem. “
“Jaime, son of Camila and Jesús. He has three daughters. He was born in Placetas. It was November 21, 1966. Today is March 21, Poetry Day, the day that announces the birth of the world of flowers. 21 is a sacred number. It’s like “Today, we will talk about life, about Prendes’ imprint on the streets of his time, on the edges of the leaves, on the marble of the pines, alive with wings to reach impossible horizons,” he added.
“A friend of joy and loyalty. He was not the son of hatred, but of love. A poet of light has died,” he concluded.
One of Prendes’ most remarkable exhibitions was The act of accomplishing, with about 30 images showing the “new man”.