Nestor Hernández, 1961-2006
Survey of Contemporary Cuban Artists
He has been a staff photographer and contributed to many publications, including the Current Newspapers, D.C. City Desk, the Latin Trade Report, El Pregonero, Brookings Review, The Metro Herald, National Jurist Magazine and The International Review of African American Art. Nestor’s personal projects span from his documentation of Mount Pleasant, the neighborhood where he resides, to his photographs of traditional weavers and spinners in West Africa. His photos of Ewe master kente weaver Bobbo Ahiagble of Ghana are featured in the award winning children’s book, “Master Weaver from Ghana” published in 1998 by Open Hand Press. He plans to continue this project in Côte D’Ivoire, Kenya and Mali, photographing traditional spinners and weavers in those countries. His other major photo-documentary project “Cuba Reflections: A Photographic Journey,” is the result of nearly 20 trips to the island nation since 1978, most recently in 2002 and 2003. His trips to Cuba have concentrated on linking US and Cuban photographers through cultural exchange photography projects and exhibitions. In 2003, he is directing an extensive collaborative arts project, taking photography and art teachers to the island to work with Cuban children. His images have been included in many shows Washington, D.C. and various American cities, as well as in Havana, Cuba and Accra, Ghana, and his photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Casa de Africa museum and Galería de Arte René Portocarrero in Cuba, Asafo Gallery in Ghana, the Cuban Art Space in New York and the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington, D.C. He is a member and past president of FotoCraft Camera Club, and is the 2001 recipient of the “Photographer of the Year” award, given by the Exposure Group, African American Photographers Association. In 2002 he received the “Outstanding Emerging Artist” award, and in 2003 an Artist Fellowship Grant, both from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This exhibition was one of many by Nestor Hernandez in the Greater Washington area. His original photographs are available through the Fraser Gallery of Washington, DC and Bethesda, Maryland. |
"Playpen"
Nestor Hernandez
1998, Gelatin Silver Print
16 x 20 inches
$500 (Sold - more available)
"Havana Reflection"
Nestor Hernandez
2000, Gelatin Silver Print
16 x 20 inches
$500
"Boy with Tire"
Nestor Hernandez
1998, Gelatin Silver Print
16 x 20 inches
$500
"Daylin"
Nestor Hernandez
1996, Gelatin Silver Print
16 x 20 inches
$500
FOREVER YOUNG A Portrait of the Black Child, Capital's Children's Museum to 3/26 ![]() Visit Hernandez's web site |
Nestor Hernandez, photographer
In addition, he has another show, FOREVER YOUNG, A Portrait of the Black Child, Capital's Children's Museum Nestor has been a staff photographer and contributed to many
publications, including the Current Newspapers, D.C. City Desk,
the Latin Trade Report, El Pregonero, Brookings Review, The
Washington Informer, The Metro Herald, National Jurist Magazine
and The International Review |
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 14, 6:00 - 8:00pm "Forever Young: A Portrait of the Black Child" is an exhibit combining photographs of and poetry about the Black child. The project includes over 80 black and white images of children of color from the United States, Ghana, and Cuba combined with compelling verse. Through these photographs and words, Washington, D.C. photographer Nestor Hernandez and poet Laini Mataka have assembled a powerful celebration to the beauty, innocence and joy of the Black child. The exhibit shows children at play and at work and otherwise interacting with their own environments, and while some are unaware of the camera’s presence, others are ready to have their images captured forever, Forever Young. See images from the show at: http://www.blackpearlphoto.com |
The June photography show "Inside Cuba: A Photographic Journey",in Washington, D.C. was a major success. I received such amazing responses from the show thatI now hope to take it on the road. I'm looking for gallery and art spaces interested in showing the works. Must be able to handle exhibit of 90 16X20 framed prints. -- Nestor Hernandez, http://www.blackpearlphoto.com |
The Center for Collaborative Art and Visual
Education in Washington, D.C. presents "INSIDE CUBA: A
Photographic Journey", an exhibit of over 90 photographs by
Nestor Hernandez. Mr. Hernandez is a Washington based
photographer of Afro-Cuban descent. This exhibit draws from
images taken on eight trips to Cuba since 1978. His work
documents the cultural rhythms of the Cuban people, the grandeur
of its architecture, and the events that shape this Caribbean
nation known as the "Pearl of the Antilles". Wonderfully
intimate, lyrical, and - perhaps most of all - suffused with a
sense of timelessness, Mr. Hernandez's work connects the viewer
with the spirit of Cuba.
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