Born in 1964 in Havana, Cuba. Lives and works in Havana.
“The art of creating and interpreting images is akin to translating my spirit. My camera is the compass that guides me and I am grateful to it. Everywhere I have lived, I have delivered myself to light, shadows and to those details that, however minimal they may seem, have made me tremble and convert them into images.” – Juan Carlos Alom
Juan Carlos Alom is a representative of Cuban photographers who worked through what has become known as the Special Period, post-1990. Artists of their generation questioned in their work the values of a utopian society and it’s heroes. These takes on the real existing everyday conditions mark a contrast to the idealist imagery during and immediately after the revolution.
Alom’s works are represented in international collections such as Fototeca de Cuba, Havana, Cuba; Bronx Museum, New York, USA; Ludwig Forum for International Art, Germany; Photography Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, USA; Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA.
