WBG presents Jules Valeron: Cuba – The Sunny Side Of Socialism?
Not much is known from the time before 2005, the year Jules Valeron arrived in Berlin. They say that he has french origins, did something with traveling and used to shave every morning. Something changed.
Highly inspired by the german capital and its creative inhabitants, he started taking photos of the city, focusing on architectural details and the contrasts he discovered between the former east and west, old and new. Lately Jules has been exploring new horizons.
Cuba, the Sunny Side of Socialism?
West Berlin Gallery presents a selection of his finest photographs from the communist island.
Coconut trees, 50s Architecture, Socialistic Propaganda and the Proud Cuban People are shown in a Retro-Aesthetic, emphasizing the fact that time seems to be passing slower in the land of Cigars and Rum.
When he’s not hiding behind the Camera, Jules Valeron sings and plays beach-flavoured Pop-Musique with his Band “Valeron & the Coconuts”
For the Vernissage on Saturday March 6th (19:00) they will add some summer-vibes, performing a live-set and presenting their Debut-Album “Horizons Nouveaux”
2011 West Berlin Gallery