Simon Roberts featured in Where are you From? Cuba Photography Missions
Works from Simon Roberts's series, Cathedrals Are Built in the Future, are included in this group exhibition by Cuban and European artists.
In the absence of an all-encompassing communist state and in a post-Castro era, religious practice in Cuba has been allowed to grow and now forms an important part of contemporary society. The interaction of faith and culture has been influenced by a high degree of religious diversity that has come to be regarded as a hallmark of Cuban identity, or cubanidad.
This series of large-format landscape studies of places of worship form a visual timeline of Cuban religious history. Shot on a large-format camera, Roberts's highly detailed yet intimate photographs reveal a surprising range of architectural forms. The subtle attention to colour, light and scale, combined with the emptiness of each setting, where humans are omitted or their presence kept to a minimum, imbues each scene with a metaphysical quality.
Learn more about the exhibition here