ASSOULINEHavana Blues by Pamela Ruiz hardcover book

Assouline's 'Havana Blues' captures the fever dream of the legendary Cuban capital through all of its former lives up to today's cultural renaissance. From the Spanish colonial settlement to the revolution, and the mobster reign of the '30s to the glamorous '50s, the intensity of the eclectic city is evoked through full-bleed shots and storytelling in a linen-bound tome, curated from the passionate lens of photographer Pamela Ruiz.