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Osvaldo Salas
Cuban photographer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salas and the second or maternal family name is Freire.
Osvaldo Eustasio Salas Freire (March 29, 1914 – May 5, 1992), was a Cuban-American photographer, remembered for his famous image of Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro in Cuba, circa 1960, and for his prolific documentation of American Major League Baseball—and, in particular, the influx of minority players—during the 1950s, all of which now resides in the collection of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.[7]
Early life and career
Born in Havana, Cuba, Salas was the first of three children raised by Antonio Salas Martinez and Ramona Freyre.[8]
Notable photos by Salas
- Sugar Ray Robinson with training bag (1953)[9]
- Felix Montemayor, Roman Mejias and Roberto Clemente (May 30, 1955)
- Archie Moore and Rocky Marciano (1956)[10]
- Baseball Friction in Cuba (1959)[11]