User:Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte

ALEXIS RODRIGUEZ-DUARTE

AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER

Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte was born in Havana, Cuba. He and his family fled Cuba in 1968 through the Freedom Flights program and settled in Miami. When he was 10 years old, he received his first camera, a Voightlander, as a gift from his grandfather, sparking his interest in photography.

Since then his work has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, L'Uomo Vogue, British Vogue, The New Yorker, Town & Country and The New York Times among many others.

He's been an adjunct professor at the International Center for Photography in New York City.

Rodriguez-Duarte has had solo exhibitions at the main branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System (Presenting Celia Cruz & Cuba Out of Cuba) and group exhibitions in Bethlehem (PA), Chicago, Havana, Houston, Jackson, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Omaha and Washington D.C.

He has participated in a symposium at the Smithsonian Institution entitled “American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States". He has given lectures at The Latino Museum, Omaha, NE and at the Museum of the City of New York for "Americanos, Latino Life in the United States" and at the Long Island Photography Club.

His work is currently featured in a traveling exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History entitled, "¡Azúcar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz", which he spearheaded and helped conceive. Rodriguez-Duarte was included and interviewed for the documentary film, “Celia The Queen.” He was an invited artist for the Ninth Havana Bienal and was part of an exhibition entitled, "La Habana, La Ciudad y la Fotografia, 1900-2005."

His sitters have included Andy Garcia, Madonna, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gianni Versace, Celia Cruz, Cristina Saralegui, Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Geoffrey Beene, Gloria Estefan, Narciso Rodriguez, Enrique Iglesias and Rita Moreno, among others.

His work has appeared in numerous books including: "Jewels" (Bruno Gmunder) “Narciso Rodriguez” (Rizzoli) “The Nude Male - 21st Century Visions” (Universe) “Naked-Flowers Exposed” (Harper Collins), “Latina Beauty” (Hyperion Publishing), “Americanos - Latino Life in the United States” (Little, Brown), “Out In America” (Viking Press), “Uniforms” (Fotofactory Press), “Exposed” (Thunder's Mouth Press), “Naked Men Too” (Universe), “Men in the Sun” (Universe), “Dreamboys Volume 2” (Blue Magazine), “Suave, The Latin Male” (Universe), “Philosophy Dog, The Art of Living with Man's Best Friend” (Universe), “Male Nude Now” (Universe), “Dish and Tell, The Miami Bombshells” (Harper Collins) “Cristina Saralegui, My Life As a Blonde” (Time Warner)

He is the author of “Presenting Celia Cruz” (Random House, 2004), his first book and is currently working on four other books titled, “Cuba Out of Cuba,” “Manscape,” “Guys at the Flat,” and “Havana, My First Trip Back.

”His work is included in many private and public collections.

Fluent in English and Spanish.