Black & White Photograph by Raúl Cañibano: Untitled

A crowd of uniformed schoolboys, and one small figure hiding behind a magazine cover.

This black and white photograph is from Cuba, and is contemporary. It is pigment on paper. Black and white photography has long been favored by documentary photographers, since removing color directs attention to light, texture, gesture and the everyday rhythms of a place. A black and white print in portrait format with a white border. Rows of boys in pale shirts and dark caps fill the background. In front, a child holds up a magazine whose cover reads GIRON above a bearded, cigar-chomping portrait. It is 8 inches wide and 12 high.

Even the cover star seems amused by the arrangement.