Sebastian Gil Miranda: Children Playing on the Streets of Cuba

Artist’s Statement:

It is a series of children playing in the streets of Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Children’s games happens in the streets, usually with toys made with homemade elements. Nothing of playstation, or virtual games. Although material faults, they manage with pure wit. Everything happens on the streets and it’s a good excuse for children to meet friends, play and have fun.

Artist’s Bio:

Argentina

Sebastian Gil Miranda was born in Paris in 1976 and raised in Argentina, where he lives currently.

Sebastian has a very heterogeneous formation, includes studies in psychology, architecture, music, writing, drama and photography. Sebastian was for several years a university professor in the University of Buenos Aires and University of Palermo, in subjects of research, communication and human rights.

As a photographer Sebastian works freelance for various media, in social and arts subjects, dedicated more than anything to photojournalism and documentary photography. Sebastian has exposed his work in many different galleries.

Sebastian’s challenge as a documentary photographer is to capture, as a participant observer, urban ethnographic records for understanding social and ethnic behaviors, characteristics of everyday structures in different cultures. Sebastian works for vibration and intuition, going behind what moved him. He’s interested in people, street photography, environment, interaction, cultural differences, contrasts. He tries to recreate vivid images that breathe and transporting the viewer to the essence. Sebastian thinks the only possible perfection is the imperfection in due measure.