Álvarez, Tito

He began his studies at the Havana Conservatory in 1940 and worked as a highly successful singer of ballads, tangos and boleros on radio and television until 1961. However, his interest in photography (he took his first photograph at the age of 18) led him to learn it at the Cuban Photographic Club, to which he joined in 1950. He later honed his technique by taking a course in Photographic Composition with Nicolás Haas, and from 1962 onwards, he dedicated himself professionally to photography. His work initially involved the world of music, offering his services to the "Recording Companies Enterprise". Between 1963 and 1978, he worked for the Cuban Ministry of Culture, joining the editorial team of the magazine "Revolution and Culture" until 1977. His work has been exhibited throughout Cuba since 1955. He has also participated in numerous international exhibitions of Cuban photography in Mexico, France, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Sweden, the USA, England, Argentina and Spain. Among the notable exhibitions are "Made in Latin America" in Venice, "Soirée Latinoaméricaine" in Arles in 1979 and "Fotografie Lateinamerika" in Zurich in 1981. He has received significant national awards (such as the Olórum Award from the Cuban Fund of Photographic Image") and international photography awards, and his work is held in numerous permanent collections in museums and institutions both inside and outside of Cuba.