Jose Marti Statue Cadiz Spain

A weathered bronze bust of José Martí gazes into the distance, its blue-green patina catching soft garden light while the foliage behind dissolves into warm, out-of-focus color. The close framing turns a public monument into an intimate portrait, mustache and furrowed brow rendered in fine, oxidized detail.

Jose Marti Statue, Cadiz Spain. Photograph by Sapiens Verbum.

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Quick facts
Photographer: Sapiens Verbum
Subject: Bronze bust of Jose Marti
Location: Cadiz, Spain
Medium: Photograph, shallow depth of field
Series: Cadiz Photowalks

Born in Havana in 1853, Jose Marti became one of the most important figures in Latin American letters, working as a poet, essayist, journalist and revolutionary philosopher. His writing and political organizing turned him into the leading voice of Cuba's bid for independence from Spain, earning him the title "Apostle of Cuban Independence." He died in 1895, in the early fighting of the war he had spent his life preparing for, and his death became a rallying cry for the independence movement he left behind.

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Part of the Cadiz Photowalks series.