Cara a Cara
In a bold continuation of the Cara a Cara series, the Fondation Brownstone brought together three photographers—Antoine d’Agata (France), Leandro Feal (Cuba), and Alejandro González (Cuba)—in an exhibition that examined intimacy, urban life, and the fragility of the human condition.
D’Agata’s intense and immersive work, known for its uncompromising focus on marginal bodies and psychic states, met the lens of Feal, who documents Havana’s emotional landscapes and shifting social codes. González, for his part, brought a quieter but equally charged perspective, exploring spaces of absence and memory.
Cara a Cara was not a comparison, but a collision of worlds and visions—raw, reflective, and unapologetically human. The exhibition underscored the power of photography to trace both the seen and the invisible, offering a layered reflection on personal and political realities across different contexts.
D’Agata’s intense and immersive work, known for its uncompromising focus on marginal bodies and psychic states, met the lens of Feal, who documents Havana’s emotional landscapes and shifting social codes. González, for his part, brought a quieter but equally charged perspective, exploring spaces of absence and memory.
Cara a Cara was not a comparison, but a collision of worlds and visions—raw, reflective, and unapologetically human. The exhibition underscored the power of photography to trace both the seen and the invisible, offering a layered reflection on personal and political realities across different contexts.
Antoine d’Agata
French contemporary artist
Antoine d’Agata (b. 1961, Marseille) is a French Magnum photographer and filmmaker renowned for his raw, immersive visual explorations of taboo spaces including addiction, sex, darkness, and marginal life. After travels to the U.S. and studies at ICP with Larry Clark and Nan Goldin, he became a full member of Magnum in 2008 and has published multiple monographs—including Self‑Portraits 1987–2017—offering visceral insights into human vulnerability, obsession, and existential solitude .
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Leandro Feal
Cuban contemporary artist
Leandro Feal (born Havana, 1986) is a Cuban photographer whose intimate, spontaneous style captures the quiet realities of everyday life in Havana. Rooted in his early education under the Cátedra Arte de Conducta with Tania Bruguera, his work blends domestic portraiture with anthropological sensitivity, portraying both urban change and human presence in contemporary Cuba (). Feal’s recent exhibition Green Havana (2024), part of PHotoEspaña, showcases images from 2020–22 that subvert typical tourist tropes through negative-based chromatic shifts, inviting a more nuanced, surreal reading of the city.
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Alejandro González
Cuban contemporary artist
Alejandro González (born Havana, 1974) is a Cuban contemporary photographer whose conceptual practice explores power, freedom, and constructed reality. Since beginning photography in the late 1990s under mentors like Diego Goldberg and Luis González Palma, he has produced series ranging from candid portrayals of marginalized individuals to meticulously staged scenes featuring actors and crafted environments (). His work—grounded in strong conceptual frameworks—has been exhibited globally, including at Jenkins Johnson in San Francisco and Robert Mann Gallery in New York, and is part of international museum collections showing his relevance to contemporary photographic discourse
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