Eduardo J. Garcia was born in La Habana, Cuba in 1978. He received his university degree at The Foreign Language Pedagogical High Institute” Enrique José Varona” in 2005” and graduated also from The Academy of Art in Havana.
He is a self-taught photographer who started his professional career in 2009.
Based in Havana, he found himself motivated by the human condition and engaged with people present in his daily life. The themes of his works are primarily social issues. Eduardo frequently works on the streets of Havana, capturing images that specially depict the environment of the lower class’s way of life in the city.
In 2012 he obtained a Mention in the “Daily Life “category in the 1rst Edition of The Latinoamerican Photographic Award. Eduardo has been the recipient of a Photographic Scholarship in The Santa Fe Workshops, “The Project Workshop” (2015) taught by Whitney Johnson, Deputy Director from National Geographic. In 2016 he wins an Honorable Mention in the Photo Contest at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. New Mexico, E.U.
His series "Home" is finalist in The Magnum Photography Awards 2016
HOME is Eduardo’s recent project which is about a person who has been living in a theater for more than 20 years. In this work he illustrates intimate views of Reynaldo’s daily life and shows him particularly just as one of thousands and thousands of Cubans having housing problems without any choice that have to carry on their lives the way they can with perseverance, determination and faith.
Eduardo cooperates with the Santa Fe Workshops from New Mexico, USA in Havana since 2011.
He is a member of UNEAC. (Cuban Writers and Artists Union) Some of his works are in private collections in different countries as Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, México and The United States.