In 2002, I held my first solo exhibition outside of Cuba. It took place in Mexico, at the Museum of Revolutions in San Luis Potosí. The exhibition offered a brief journey through the works I had created up to that point: La Canasta, A Day in the Life of Ofelia, Erotic Story, among others, formed the core of the show. Its central theme was to present Diary of a Cuban—my photographic diary.
This exhibition was made possible thanks to the support of my Mexican brother, Ramón Enmanuel Báez Sainz.
Some works from the exhibition.
Silent Wonder, 2000
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film.
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The Age of Innocence. 2000
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film
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Contours of Desire. 2000.
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film.
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From the series Varadero, Cuban Style, 2000.
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film.
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From the series Varadero, Cuban Style, 2000.
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film.
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From the series Varadero, Cuban Style, 2000.
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film.
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From the series Varadero, Cuban Style, 2000.
Technique: Analog Photography made with 35 mm color negative film.
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Although my work is predominantly in color, I have also embraced black-and-white photography. These monochrome moments allow me to explore emotion, contrast, and silence in ways that color cannot. In black and white, I find a different kind of truth—one that speaks through light, texture, and gesture.
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Title: Cuban Pioneer. 2000
Technique: Photography
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Title: Street Dignity. 2000
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Title: Chosen Pain. 2000
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Title: Echo of the Self. 2000
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Title: Service Suspended. 2000
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The solo exhibition DIARIO DE UN CUBANO was was highly successful with critics, the press, and the Mexican public in San Luis Potosí.
Promotional postcard for the exhibition. 2012
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Opening of the exhibition, DIARIO DE UN CUBANO, Museo Mariano Jimenez, Nadal on the right. 2002
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Nadal in an interview for a local TV channel, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 2002
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Newspapers in San Luis Potosi , Mexico. EL HERALDO, ACTUALIDAD, PULOS reviewing Nadal’s exhibition. 2002
