Paco Bou
Cuba

Paco Bou

Consecrated Cuban photographer, Paco Bou played a notable cultural role by creating an impressive photographic archive of Alicia Alonso, famous Cuban ballerina, the first and only Latin American to receive the title of Prima Ballerina Assoluta, as well as the National Ballet of Cuba, documenting national and international galas and representations. For more than 30 years, Paco Bou served as Alicia Alonso's personal photographer, showing in his records all his sensitivity in capturing the delicate movements of the body and light.
His experience in several ballet festivals, but also jazz and cinema, has given him important awards and mentions, including the award from Cuba International magazine. Since 1991 until today, he remains an active photojournalist at ICAIC – Cuban Cinematographic Institute and collaborates with its main magazine. É He is a photographer assigned to cover the most important film festival in the country, Festival de Cinema Latino Americano, and in this sense he is a great photographer. author of major photo reports on international cinema personalities.