José Ramón Tabío Palma

José Ramón Tabío Palma was born Santiago de las Vegas, in Havana, Cuba, in January 21, 1915. He died in Havana, Cuba, in April 8, 1975. He develops the Photography and Cinema

Individual Exhibitions

Among his must important personal exhibitions we qn mention in 1952 Fotografías del Proceso de Elaboración de un Títere. José Tabío, in the Lyceum, in Havana, Cuba. In 1985 he exhibited Testimonios de José Tabío, in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Havana, Cuba. In 1993 he made La Conciencia del Fotógrafo, at the III Encuentro Latinoamericano de Fotografía, in the Galería los Espacios Cálidos, Ateneo de Caracas, in Caracas, Venezuela. And in 1996 he presented La Pupila Insomne. Fotografías de José Tabío, in the Galería Luis de Soto, Facultad de Artes y Letras, Universidad de La Habana, in Havana, Cuba.

Collective Exhibitions

He was part in many collective exhibitions like La Fotografía en Cuba. Exposición Retropectiva, in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Havana, Cuba, in 1983. In 1985 he participated in Cuba: A View from Inside, in the Ledel Gallery, in New York, U.S.A. And in 1999 he was included in Lo Real Infatigable, in the Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, in Havana, Cuba.

Awards

During his life he ahs been awarded wiht several distintions, among them we can mention in 1953 the Prize "Alvaro Reynoso" to his film Arroz Cubano, at the Concurso Nacional de Periodismo, in Havana, Cuba. In 1984 he obtained The National Prize for Photography - Premio Nacional de Fotografía "José Tabío" - is established, in the I Bienal de La Habana, granted to Mario García Joya. And in 1986 he gained Unique (post-mortem) prize to the best photograph book of the year, to his book Tiempo para no olvidar, In the Concurso Nacional "El Arte del Libro," Havana, Cuba.

Collections

His works can be found formed part of the important collections such as Fototeca de Cuba, in Havana, Cuba, and in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, in Havana, Cuba.