Inspired to stir the imagination
Art and photography from Old Cuba and the Transatlantic world
I’m Adela De Zaldo.
I started researching stories about Cuba because I had always been so far from it all.
My parents were both born in Havana in the late 1920s, yet growing up I rarely saw my Cuban family and heard little about their lives.
Instead, I visualized my mother’s charming and wistful tales about her childhood in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood.
Those vague recollections my mother offered eventually inspired me to learn more - both about my close relatives and the more distant family journeys, to and from Cuba, that no one in my life could describe.
Atlantic & Havana has evolved as a collection of the art I imagine my ancestors might have shared – art that I now love and wish to share with you.
The Researcher and the Archivist
Chasing the stories is the fun part
Inspired to stir the imagination
Images from the past provide a wonderful way to visualize and piece together events through time.
They are a glimpse into former worlds and may even awaken a feeling we once knew.
As I became intrigued by my family’s journeys that criss-crossed the Atlantic over three centuries, I turned to art and old photographs to imagine these travels and perspectives.
And as I discovered the stories of people in generations before me, images are what helped bring my past into view.
The original photographs and period fine art at Atlantic & Havana are inspired by those stories and journeys, those eras and places.
Perhaps the beautiful art you find in our collections will evoke your fond memories: of travel, of your own adventures, and of the people in your past.
Images that were meaningful to restore
Art providing context about our world
Throughout history, images have represented our experiences, major changes, and earlier views of the world we know today.
Every vintage work of art and photograph is an intriguing peek into where we are from.
Restored in high resolution
Preserved at high resolution, then revived to bring out the original details, subtle textures and colors.
The visible quality of our art prints will become a well-admired addition to your walls and interior designs.
Printed on luxury art papers and available ready to hang
Professional printing on fine art papers - at least 300 gsm (grams per square meter). Our papers feel exceptional in the hand.
In premium frames with real glass, available to sizes 24x36 in.
Stories From Our Collectors
We have gallery walls throughout our home, and this old Cuba color illustration gets more compliments than anything else. Everyone asks the story behind it.
Suzanne, Coral Gables
Beautiful old photograph with nice watercolor paper. Reminds me of my trip to Cuba in 2017, but this photo shows Trinidad in another time. Great details.
Helen, Naperville
This 1950s Cuba photograph works so well with my mid-century decor. And the image by the beach, with shadows of the woman and round table - just gorgeous.
Dennis, New York
