Simone Lueck

Simone Lueck

Documentary photography is a genre that has its difficulties (even when it’s not about war photography), but it also has the huge advantage of putting the spectator (and the photograph) in front of real people in their own lives, creating a window between two worlds.

Simone Lueck made a two-week trip in Cuba and immediately noticed that, at night, the only light seemed to be coming from the ubiquitous TV sets in the homes. She spent days entering strangers home to ask if she could photograph the working TV set. This led to a very interesting series named Cuba TV and a book extracted from this.