Cuban photographer Jaime Prendes, known for his work on his native Island of Youth, died Sunday in the special municipality.
“We have just heard the news of the death of Jaume Prendes, the Eye of the Island of Pines and one of the best photographers in Cuba,” the magazine published The Bearded Cayman on his Facebook profile.
He lost his wife, the poet Bellasoe Cobas, on March 12 after a long battle with cancer. The couple leaves a 14-year-old girl.
Model Claudia Santanach, a resident of 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. It was you who put me in the worm 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 heart in my heart. “
For his friend Julio César Sánchez, “an artist has died. A good man. He had the strength for everything but to live without Bella.”
Sanchez uttered the following words at the farewell duel of Prendes: “There you are, in the anthology of erotic photography in Cuba, a summary of all time. There you are, in the films of Fernando Pérez. There you are, in the unbridled passion of those who never tire of creating. Your work is irreverent, awkward and beautiful poetry. “
“Jaume, son of Camila and Jesus. 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. And the 21st is a sacred number, it is as if the cosmic balances trace the paths of his time.Today we will talk about life, the footprint of Prendes in the streets of his time, on the edges of leaves, on the marble of pines , in naked bodies, in life with wings to reach impossible horizons, “he added.
“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 the most outstanding exhibitions of Prendes was The act of realizing, With about 30 images featured in the “new man.”