Photographs by Chip Cooper, University of Alabama faculty member and artist-in-residence, and Cuban photographer Julio Ángel Larramendi Joa have been on display since June 4 at the Massimiliano Massimo Institute in Rome in an exhibit titled “ Campesinos.” The exhibit will be on display for a month in Rome before traveling to other Italian cities, and is part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Vatican.
- UA photographer Chip Cooper with Cuban photographer Julio Larramendi at their exposition in Rome.
- Photographers Chip Cooper and Julio Larramendi enjoy a moment with the cardenal of Cuba, Jaime Ortega, at their show in Rome.
- Julio Larramendi, Cuban ambassador to the Vatican and his wife, and Chip Cooper.