Object Details
- Artist
- Alexis Rodríguez-Duarte, born 1962
- Stylist
- Tico Torres, born 1961
- Sitter
- Andy García, born 1956
- Exhibition Label
- Born Havana, Cuba
- In the early 1980s, the Cuban American actor Andy García began landing film roles, but during that time, he was often cast to play criminals. He soon grew weary of typecasting and pushed for better representation of Latinos in the entertain ment industry. To that end, he acted in Stand and Deliver (1988), an award-winning film that tells the true story of the Bolivian American math teacher Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), who leads a group of Hispanic students to pass a rigorous Advanced Placement exam. García claimed Hollywood star status after playing Vincent Mancini in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather: Part III (1990), for which he received an Academy Award nomination. In collaboration with Tico Torres, Alexis Rodríguez Duarte captured García on the set of Night Falls on Manhattan (1996). The photograph is part of their series Cuba Out of Cuba, which has documented prominent Cuban exiles for nearly three decades.
- Nacido en La Habana, Cuba
- A principios de la década de 1980, el actor cubano americano Andy García empezó a obtener papeles en el cine, pero a menudo interpretando a criminales. Pronto se cansó de este encasillamiento y quiso promover una mejor representación de los latinos en la industria del entretenimiento. Fue así que participó en Stand and Deliver (1988), la premiada película que cuenta la historia real de Jaime Escalante (1930–2010), un maestro de matemáticas boliviano-americano que prepara a un grupo de estudiantes hispanos para que logren aprobar una rigurosa prueba nacional de nivel avanzado. García alcanzó estatus de estrella en Hollywood con el papel de Vincent Mancini en El padrino: Parte III (1990), de Francis Ford Coppola, que le mereció una nominación al Oscar. En colaboración con Tico Torres, Alexis Rodríguez Duarte fotografió a García en el set de Cae la noche en Manhattan (1996). La foto forma parte de la serie Cuba fuera de Cuba, donde los artistas han documen tado a prominentes figuras del exilio durante tres décadas.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
- December 1995 (printed 2016)
- Object number
- NPG.2016.83
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 33.8 × 23 cm (13 5/16 × 9 1/16")
- Sheet: 35.4 × 28.3 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/8")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York\Queens\Long Island City
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Equipment
- Andy García: Male
- Andy García: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Actor
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2016.83
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f5c0488f-c6e5-4cd6-9f8d-17f3f54d606a
