MARIO ALGAZE

(1947 - 2022)

Mario Algaze was born in Havana, Cuba in 1947 and migrated from Cuba to Miami in 1960.  By 1971, at the age of 24, Algaze began his photographic career as a self-taught photographer.  At first, he photographed musicians at concerts and artist portraits but shortly thereafter, Algaze chose Latin America as the subject matter of his art.   Photographing the world within these countries offers him a creative way to deal with his exile and Latin American roots.

Mario Algaze depicts Latin American cities where cultural traditions of the past blend with modern customs of the present.  With his calculating eye he creates images imbued with a mysterious sense of space and time. Set in slow-paced reality, his photographs offer a unique glimpse into the lives of people and places of these countries.