According to the newspaper *La Estrella de Panamá*, the work offers an intimate look at the life of the iconic Cuban singer-songwriter through images and texts created over more than a decade of encounters.

Speaking to the newspaper, Mordzinski explained that the project’s main goal was to move away from conventional images of the *Nueva Trova* founder and instead reveal the man behind the artist.

He noted that, from the outset, he set out to answer a fundamental question: what story did he want to tell about Silvio Rodriguez?

The photographer traveled to Cuba to capture the artist sharing time with his family and pets in Havana, though he also deemed it essential to visit San Antonio de los Baños—the troubadour’s birthplace nearly eight decades ago and an inseparable part of his emotional memory.

According to the photographer, establishing an initial rapport was not easy due to the Cuban artist’s reserved nature; Rodriguez is known for carefully guarding his privacy both before and after every performance.

The book represents a new contribution to the extensive body of work by Daniel Mordzinski, who is considered one of the most important portraitists of writers and figures in Ibero-American culture.

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