Osvaldo Salas

Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire (March 29, 1914 – May 5, 1992), was a Cuban-American photographer, remembered for his famous image of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro in Cuba, circa 1960, and for his prolific documentation of American Major League Baseball—and, in particular, the influx of minority players—during the 1950s, all of which now resides in the collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.[7]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salas and the second or maternal family name is Freire.
Osvaldo Salas
Born
Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire[1][2]

(1914-03-29)March 29, 1914
Havana, Republic of Cuba
DiedMay 5, 1992(1992-05-05) (aged 78)[3][1][4]
Havana, Cuba
Known forPhotograph of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro[5][6]

Early life and career

Born in Havana, Cuba, Salas was the first of three children raised by Antonio Salas Martinez and Ramona Freyre.[8]

Notable photos by Salas
  • Sugar Ray Robinson with training bag (1953)[9]
  • Felix Montemayor, Roman Mejias and Roberto Clemente (May 30, 1955)
  • Archie Moore and Rocky Marciano (1956)[10]
  • Baseball Friction in Cuba (1959)[11]
  • Ernest Hemingway with Fidel Castro after a Fishing Tournament, June 11, 1960 (1960)[6]

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions of his works include: in 1967, Expo’67, Pabellón Cubano, Montreal;[11] 1985, County Hall, London.[12] 2000, Cuba, A Photographic Journey, The College of Santa Fe;[13]

Collections

His works are in the collections of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum,[7] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [14] the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [15] Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba; Center for Cuban Studies, New York, NY; Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione, Parma University, Parma, Italy; Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba; Galleria IF, Milan, Italy; Galleria Il Diafragma Kodak, Milan, Italy; Maison de la Culture de la Seine Saint-Denis, Paris, France; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba.

References
  1. "Osvaldo Salas (1914-1992) - Con Hemingway, Fidel Castro, Cuba, 1960". Barnebys.
  2. "Sold at Auction: Osvaldo Salas Freire". Invaluable.com.
  3. Munoz, Lorenza (January 28, 1999). "Putting a Human Face on Revolution". The Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar. pp. 46, 48. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  4. "Osvaldo Salas Biography". The Annex Gallery. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  5. Miller, Tom (2008). Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba. New York: Basic Books. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-465-00503-1.
  6. Osvaldo Salas Freire, Ernest Hemingway with Fidel Castro after a Fishing Tournament, June 11, 1960, 1960, gelatin silver print, Ackland Art Museum, Gift of Dr. David L. Craven, 2007.21.2.
    Ackland Art Museum.
  7. Bogan, Kelli. "Salas Images at Home in Museum's Collection". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  8. "Florida, Key West Passenger Lists, 1898-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV37-Q94Y : 22 February 2021), Oswaldo Salas Y Freyre, 1928; citing Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States, NARA microfilm publication T940 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. Osvaldo Salas, Sugar Ray Robinson with training bag, 1953, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth B. Pearl, 1997. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  10. Osvaldo Salas, Archie Moore and Rocky Marciano, 1956, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth B. Pearl, 1997.118.32. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  11. "$100,000 photographic exhibition at Expo" The Ottawa Citizen. January 24, 1967. p.13. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  12. Januszczak, Waldemar (July 23, 1985). "Galleries Briefing". The Guardian. p. 11. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  13. Weidman, Paul (January 14, 2000). "Documenting Revolution". The New Mexican: Pasatiempo. p. P18. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  14. "Osvaldo Salas". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
  15. "Osvaldo Salas". SAAM.

Further reading

Articles
  • Tweddle, Christine (January 25, 1992). "Man for All Seasons". The Independent Magazine. pp. 38, 40
  • Munoz, Lorenza (January 28, 1999). "Putting a Human Face on Revolution". The Los Angeles Times Weekend Calendar. pp. 46, 48

Books
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