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ROBERT TO, Photographer

A Graduate of the José Marti International Institute of Journalism in Havana, Robert To started photography in 1998 and began to publish some of his work and collaborating with the Cuban Institute of Arts and Cinema. He was also member in jury's international movies festival in France, his native land.

In France since 2000, he has realised several exhibitions at various venues (galleries, exhibition centers, universities, secondary schools, cultural centers, cinemas, libraries, theaters, council and village halls) in different regions. Noticed for his work he won his first competition in 2001 and has had a “Spécial Images” dedicated to his work in the magazine Réponses Photo, as well as a selection for the site www.robert-to.eu in the magazine Déclic Photo.

April 2002, pictorial report in Palestine, which was shown at different exhibitions in France, as well as in various publications.

Amongst many of his projects, he did research of social movements and communities taking part in the globalisation phenomenon. A first glimpse of this work was shown in Nantes in 2004 at the Roger Portugal gallery in collaboration with the University of Nantes.

Close to the movement Slam Poetry he collects negatives, texts and reports on the subject and has become the key photographic reference and partner in the participation of the Nantes team in the National Grand Slam.

March 2005, book of photos and poetry in two languages, (French and Spanish) published by Les 2 Encres, in collaboration with Chilean poet, Patricio Rojas San Martin (see page Photos and Poetry), with whom he founded the association “D’encre et de lumière” in September 2005, to support the creation and promotion of photography and poetry.

Visit to China in 2004, leading to the first large series of exhibitions in the same year, as well as in 2005 and 2006. He continues now to return to China to work principally in preparation for exhibitions at Suzhou, Shanghai, Pingyao and Beijing.

For the exhibition list and all the most recent information see page Events.